Predicting the strength of UP-elements and full-length E. coli σ e promoters

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2907-2924

  Rhodius, Virgil A ^a   Mutalik, Vivek K ^a,c   Gross, Carol A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JOINT BIOENERGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REGULON; UPSTREAM SEQUENCE;

BASE COMPOSITION; BINDING SITES; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84860155171     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr1190     Document Type: Article

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