A simplified model for lysogenic regulation through DNA looping

Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS'08 - "Personalized Healthcare through Technology"

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 607-610

  Anderson, L Meadow ^a   Yang, Haw ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGES; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FEEDBACK; GENE EXPRESSION;

ACTIVATION BEHAVIOR; DNA LOOPING; DNA LOOPS; KEY MODELING; OCTAMERS; STRUCTURAL INFORMATION; TETRAMERS;

DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; DNA VIRUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LYSOGENIZATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA VIRUSES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; LYSOGENY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION;

EID: 61849129469     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2008.4649226     Document Type: Conference Paper

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