Rationalization of gene regulation by a eukaryotic transcription factor: Calculation of regulatory region occupancy from predicted binding affinities

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 323, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-8

  Liu, Xiao ^a   Clarke, Neil D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Binding affinity; Computational modeling; Gene expression; Regulation; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; LEUCINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CALCULATION; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; ENERGY; GENE CONTROL; GENOME; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; YEAST;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0036396542     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)00894-X     Document Type: Article

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