Gene position within a long transcript as a determinant for stochastic switching in bacteria

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 269-272

  Veening, Jan Willem ^a   Kuipers, Oscar P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN SIGD; RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SIGMA FACTOR;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SEPARATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LIQUID CULTURE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RNA DEGRADATION; RNA PROCESSING; STOCHASTIC MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; LOCOMOTION; OPERON; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 77951167093     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07113.x     Document Type: Note

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