From specific gene regulation to genomic networks: A global analysis of transcriptional regulation in Escherichia coli

BioEssays

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 433-440

  Thieffry, Denis ^a   Huerta, Araceli M ^a   Pérez Rueda, Ernesto ^a   Collado Vides, Julio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL GENOME; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEEDBACK; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032077377     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199805)20:5<433::AID-BIES10>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Review

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