Molecular Cell Resource Dynamic Heterogeneity and DNA Methylation in Embryonic Stem Cells

Zakary S. Singer,1,7 John Yong,2,7 Julia Tischler,6 Jamie A. Hackett,6 Alphan Altinok,2,3 M. Azim Surani,6 Long Cai,4 and Michael B. Elowitz5,* 1Computation and Neural Systems 2Division of Biology 3Biological Network Modeling Center 4Program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics and Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering 5Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Division of Biology and Department of Applied Physics California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA 6The Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, The Henry Wellcome Building of Cancer and Developmental Biology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN, UK 7Co-first author *Correspondence: melowitz@caltech.edu http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2014.06.029

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