Modeling the specificity of protein-DNA interactions

Quantitative Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 115-130

  Stormo, Gary D ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binding Energy; Binding Probability; Consensus Sequence; Ribosome Binding Site; Transcription Factor Binding Site

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885841612     PISSN: 20954689     EISSN: 20954697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40484-013-0012-4     Document Type: Review

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