GRIP: A computational tool to simulate transcription factor binding in prokaryotes

Bioinformatics

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1287-1289

  Zabet, Nicolae Radu ^a,b   Adryan, Boris ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROKARYOTA;

DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROKARYOTIC CELL; PROTEIN BINDING;

ALGORITHMS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; PROTEIN BINDING; SOFTWARE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84860495813     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: 14602059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/bts132     Document Type: Article

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