The generation of promoter-mediated transcriptional noise in bacteria

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Mitarai, Namiko ^a   Dodd, Ian B ^b   Crooks, Michael T ^b   Sneppen, Kim ^c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION;

EUKARYOTIC PROMOTERS; GENE PRODUCTS; GENES EXPRESSION; HIGH RATE; LOW RATES; NUCLEOSOMES; OPTIMAL FUNCTION; PROKARYOTIC PROMOTERS; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

RNA POLYMERASE; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NOISE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PROKARYOTE; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA SUPERCOILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

DNA, SUPERHELICAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; KINETICS; MODELS, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 48249138167     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000109     Document Type: Article

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