Model of transcriptional activation by MarA in Escherichia coli

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Wall, Michael E ^a,b   Markowitz, David A ^a   Rosner, Judah L ^c   Martin, Robert G ^c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR NONLINEAR STUDIES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; ACTIVATION ENERGY; COMPETITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NUCLEIC ACIDS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; E. COLI; GENE-REGULATION; POLYMERASE BINDING; POST-BINDING EVENTS; PROMOTER SEQUENCES; RNA POLYMERASE; SUPEROXIDES; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATIONS;

TRANSCRIPTION;

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA POLYMERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; MARA PROTEIN, E COLI; SODA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MARA GENE; NONHUMAN; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; REPRODUCIBILITY; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 74549172898     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000614     Document Type: Article

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