Core promoter T-blocks correlate with gene expression levels in C. elegans

Genome Research

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 707-717

  Grishkevich, Vladislav ^a   Hashimshony, Tamar ^a   Yanai, Itai ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NUCLEOSOMES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANS-SPLICING;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 79955567707     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.113381.110     Document Type: Article

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