Hierarchical structure and modules in the Escherichia coli transcriptional regulatory network revealed by a new top-down approach

BMC Bioinformatics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Ma, Hong Wu ^a   Buer, Jan ^a,b   Zeng, An Ping ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC BUILDING BLOCK; DECOMPOSITION METHODS; ELEMENTARY BUILDING BLOCKS; FEEDBACK REGULATION; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; REGULATORY RELATIONSHIPS; TRANSCRIPTION LEVEL; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATORY NETWORKS;

TRANSCRIPTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

REGULATOR PROTEIN; BACTERIAL DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PROTEIN MOTIF; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; REGULATOR GENE; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; BASE COMPOSITION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOFTWARE; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 13244264814     PISSN: 14712105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2105-5-199     Document Type: Article

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