Regulatory noise in prokaryotic promoters: How bacteria learn to respond to novel environmental signals

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1177-1184

  De Lorenzo, Víctor ^a   Pérez Martín, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PSEUDOMONAS; TOLUENE;

PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0029881189     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1996.tb02463.x     Document Type: Review

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