DNA looping and physical constraints on transcription regulation

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 331, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 981-989

  Vilar, José M G ^a   Leibler, Stanislas ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational modeling; DNA looping; Gene expression; lac operon; Regulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA BINDING; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LACTOSE OPERON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRESSOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0042622638     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00764-2     Document Type: Article

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