Direct comparison of small RNA and transcription factor signaling

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 40, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 7269-7279

  Hussein, Razika ^a   Lim, Han N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SYNTHETIC DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; MODELS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RNA, SMALL UNTRANSLATED; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84867296607     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks439     Document Type: Article

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