Upstream curved sequences in E. coli are related to the regulation of transcription initiation

Computational Biology and Chemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 275-282

  Nov Klaiman, Tamar ^a   Hosid, Sergey ^a   Bolshoy, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

DNA curvature; Periodicity; Promoter strength; Regulation of transcription

Indexed keywords

CURVATURE MEASUREMENT; DINUCLEOTIDES; DNA CURVATURE; E. COLI; GENOME RESEARCH; INTERGENIC REGIONS; PERIODICITY; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; PROMOTER REGION; PROMOTER STRENGTH; REGULATION OF TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATIONS; TRANSCRIPTION START SITE;

DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

TRANSCRIPTION;

SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE;

DNA, INTERGENIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TERMINATOR REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 68749086115     PISSN: 14769271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiolchem.2009.06.007     Document Type: Article

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