Noise in transcription negative feedback loops: Simulation and experimental analysis

Molecular Systems Biology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Dublanche, Yann ^a   Michalodimitrakis, Konstantinos ^a   Kümmerer, Nico ^a   Foglierini, Mathilde ^a   Serrano, Luis ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoregulation; Negative feedback loop; Noise; SmartCell; TetR

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 33846108256     PISSN: 17444292     EISSN: 17444292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/msb4100081     Document Type: Article

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