Genetically structured mathematical modeling of trp attenuator mechanism

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 502-509

  Koh, Boon Tong ^a   Tan, Reginald B H ^a   Yap, Miranda G S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cloned gene expression control; Genetically structured mathematical model; Trp operon

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CLONING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROTEINS;

ATTENUATOR MECHANISM; ESCHERICIA COLI; PLASMID COPY NUMBER; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; TRYTOPHAN;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPERON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OPERON; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TERMINATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRYPTOPHAN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 2642704240     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19980605)58:5<502::AID-BIT6>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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