Potent Transcriptional Interference by Pausing of RNA Polymerases over a Downstream Promoter

Molecular Cell

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 545-555

  Palmer, Adam C ^a   Ahlgren Berg, Alexandra ^a   Egan, J Barry ^a   Dodd, Ian B ^a   Shearwin, Keith E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

DNA; MICROBIO

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BINDING SITES; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE LAMBDA;

EID: 66449107633     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2009.04.018     Document Type: Article

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