Allostery and the lac operon

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 425, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 2309-2316

  Lewis, Mitchell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

allostery; gene regulation; lac operon

Indexed keywords

ALLOSTERISM; BACTERIAL CELL; BINDING SITE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HINGE REGION; HOMEOSTASIS; KINETICS; LACTOSE OPERON; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 84879088130     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2013.03.003     Document Type: Review

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