Optimality and evolutionary tuning of the expression level of a protein

Nature

Volumn 436, Issue 7050, 2005, Pages 588-592

  Dekel, Erez ^a   Alon, Uri ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; EVOLUTIONARY TUNING; FITNESS FUNCTIONS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION LEVELS;

PROTEINS;

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; LACHESINE; LACTOSE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

EVOLUTION; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ADAPTATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIVISION; COST; DRUG EFFECT; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LACTOSE OPERON; METABOLISM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CELL DIVISION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LAC OPERON; LACTOSE;

EID: 23144432213     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03842     Document Type: Article

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