Inferring transcriptional interactions and regulator activities from experimental data

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 307-315

  Wang, Rui Sheng ^a,b   Zhang, Xiang Sun ^c   Chen, Luonan ^a,d,e,f  

^a OSAKA SANGYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^f INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Combinatorial regulation; Regulator activity; Transcription factor; Transcriptional interactions

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BINDING COMPETITION; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MODELS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 38349030979     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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