Minimal effect of gene clustering on expression in escherichia coli

Genetics

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 453-465

  Liang, Lusha W ^a   Hussein, Razika ^a   Block, Dena H S ^a   Lim, Han N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DNA MODIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

CHROMOSOMAL POSITION EFFECTS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84876360849     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 19432631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.112.147199     Document Type: Article

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