Evolution of alternative transcriptional circuits with identical logic

Nature

Volumn 443, Issue 7110, 2006, Pages 415-420

  Tsong, Annie E ^a,b   Tuch, Brian B ^a   Li, Hao ^a   Johnson, Alexander D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; COMBINATORIAL CIRCUITS; DNA; GENES; PROTEINS; YEAST;

COMBINATORIAL TRANSCRIPTIONAL CIRCUIT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; YEAST LINEAGE;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

DNA; EUKARYOTE; GENE; PROTEIN; YEAST;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTE; GENE; MATING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; YEAST;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 33749173831     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05099     Document Type: Article

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