Dependence of the E. coli promoter strength and physical parameters upon the nucleotide sequence

Journal of Zhejiang University: Science

Volumn 6 B, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1063-1068

  Berezhnoy, Andrey Y ^a   Shckorbatov, Yuriy G ^b  

^a KHARKOV INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^b V N KARAZIN KHARKIV NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

+7 sequence; 10 sequence; 35 sequence; DNA sequence; Nucleotide pair energy; Promoter strength

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; COLIFORM BACTERIA; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GRAPHIC METHODS;

ADENINE-THYMINE; ENERGY PROPERTIES; NUCLEOTIDE PAIR ENERGY; PROMOTER STRENGTH;

DNA SEQUENCES;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; AT RICH SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAP; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION;

AT RICH SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 30544442885     PISSN: 10093095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1631/jzus.2005.B1063     Document Type: Article

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