Transcriptional regulation by the numbers: Applications

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 125-135

  Bintu, Lacramioara ^a   Buchler, Nicolas E ^b   Garcia, Hernan G ^c   Gerland, Ulrich ^d   Hwa, Terence ^e   Kondev, Jané ^a   Kuhlman, Thomas ^e   Phillips, Rob ^c  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; CYCLIC AMP; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMISTRY; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 15744387380     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2005.02.006     Document Type: Review

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