What makes ribosome-mediated transcriptional attenuation sensitive to amino acid limitation?

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 0014-0023

  Elf, Johan ^a   Ehrenberg, Mans ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOSYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NUCLEIC ACIDS; SALMONELLA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AMINO-ACIDS; HIGH SENSITIVITY; LEADER SEQUENCE; MASTER EQUATIONS; OPEN READING FRAME; PROBABILISTIC MODELS; RNA POLYMERASE; SHORT SUPPLY; STRUCTURAL GENE; SYNTHESISED;

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EID: 38549161878     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.0010002     Document Type: Article

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