Versatility of cooperative transcriptional activation: A thermodynamical modeling analysis for greater-than-additive and less-than-additive effects

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Frank, Till D ^a   Carmody, Aimée M ^a   Kholodenko, Boris N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DNA; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GREATER THAN ADDITIVE EFFECT; LESS THAN ADDITIVE EFFECT; PREDICTION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

BINDING SITES; DNA; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; MODELS, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84859613210     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034439     Document Type: Article

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