Ab initio thermodynamic modeling of distal multisite transcription regulation

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 726-731

  Saiz, Leonor ^a,b   Vilar, Jose M G ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; DNA;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; LACTOSE OPERON; NONHUMAN; OPERATOR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REPRESSOR GENE; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE;

COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR PROTEIN; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; ISOPROPYL THIOGALACTOSIDE; LAC OPERON; MODELS, GENETIC; OPERATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 39449115716     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm1034     Document Type: Article

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