Demand theory of gene regulation. II. Quantitative application to the lactose and maltose operons of Escherichia coli

Genetics

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1677-1691

  Savageau, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LACTOSE OPERON; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ECOSYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTESTINES; LAC OPERON; MALTOSE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SELECTION (GENETICS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0031927611     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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