DNA looping in gene regulation: From the assembly of macromolecular complexes to the control of transcriptional noise

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 136-144

  Vilar, Jose M G ^a   Saiz, Leonor ^a,b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DNA; POLYMER; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LACTOSE OPERON; MACROMOLECULE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; REPRESSOR GENE; REVIEW; TANDEM REPEAT; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 15744393452     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2005.02.005     Document Type: Review

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