Prokaryotic regulatory systems biology: Common principles governing the functional architectures of Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli unveiled by the natural decomposition approach

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 278-286

  Freyre González, Julio A ^a   Treviño Quintanilla, Luis G ^b   Valtierra Gutiérrez, Ilse A ^a   Gutiérrez Ríos, Rosa María ^a   Alonso Pavón, José A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS FÍSICAS   (Mexico)

^b Universidad Politecnica del Estado de Morelos   (Mexico)

Author keywords

FBL; Global regulators; Hierarchy; Model organisms; Modularity; NDA; Regulatory network; SGRG; Systems biology; TF; TRN

Indexed keywords

FBL; HIERARCHY; MODEL ORGANISMS; MODULARITY; NDA; REGULATORY NETWORK; SGRG; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TF; TRN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; MACHINERY; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BASAL CELL; DECOMPOSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUNCTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, BACTERIAL; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84864535645     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: 18734863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2012.03.028     Document Type: Article

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