Engineering stability in gene networks by autoregulation

Nature

Volumn 405, Issue 6786, 2000, Pages 590-593

  Becskel, Attila ^a   Serrano, Luis ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC STABILITY; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRESSOR GENE;

DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDBACK; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HOMEOSTASIS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 0034212551     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35014651     Document Type: Article

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