Field hypothesis on the self-regulation of gene expression

Journal of Biological Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 701-712

  Yoshikawa, K ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA condensation; Environmental parameter; First order phase transition of DNA; Higher order structure of DNA; On off regulation; Segregation in a chain

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA; POLYAMINE; RNA;

AUTOREGULATION; BASE PAIRING; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036947644     PISSN: 00920606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021251125101     Document Type: Conference Paper

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