Promoter Sequence Determines the Relationship between Expression Level and Noise

PLoS Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Carey, Lucas B ^a   van Dijk, David ^a,c   Sloot, Peter M A ^b,c   Kaandorp, Jaap A ^c   Segal, Eran ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ZAP1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE REPRESSION; NOISE; NOISE REDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN TARGETING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, REPORTER; KINETICS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84876991257     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001528     Document Type: Article

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