Uncovering cis regulatory codes using synthetic promoter shuffling

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Kinkhabwala, Ali ^a,b   Guet, Cčalin C ^a,c  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SHUFFLING; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE MAPPING; NONHUMAN; OPERATOR GENE; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; BACTERIUM; FUZZY LOGIC; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; FUZZY LOGIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 44349147786     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002030     Document Type: Article

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