The effect of stochasticity on the Lac operon: An evolutionary perspective

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1071-1082

  Van Hoek, Milan ^a   Hogeweg, Paulien ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SUGARS; TRANSCRIPTION;

CELL-BE; CELL/B.E; CELL/BE; COMPUTATIONAL APPROACH; EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE; GENES EXPRESSION; LAC OPERON; STOCHASTIC GENE EXPRESSIONS; STOCHASTICITY; SYSTEM NOISE;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

LACTOSE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC PARAMETERS; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LACTOSE OPERON; NOISE; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PROMOTER REGION; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SUGAR TRANSPORT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; LAC OPERON; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 34347365309     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.0030111     Document Type: Article

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