Transcription by the numbers redux: Experiments and calculations that surprise

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 723-733

  Garcia, Hernan G ^a   Sanchez, Alvaro ^b   Kuhlman, Thomas ^c   Kondev, Jane ^b   Phillips, Rob ^d  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

GENE EXPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MODELS, GENETIC; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 78650216734     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2010.07.002     Document Type: Review

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