Sensitivity of OR in Phage λ

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 1 I, 2004, Pages 58-66

  Bakk, Audun ^a   Metzler, Ralf ^a   Sneppen, Kim ^a  

^a NORDITA   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REGULATOR PROTEIN; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA REPRESSOR PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENERGY; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WILD TYPE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EVALUATION; KINETICS; OPERATOR GENE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BINDING SITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OPERATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0346057952     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(04)74083-7     Document Type: Article

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