Thermodynamic modeling of variations in the rate of RNA chain elongation of E. coli rrn operons

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 55-64

  Fange, David ^a   Mellenius, Harriet ^a   Dennis, Patrick P ^b   Ehrenberg, Måns ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OPERON; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RRNA OPERON; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84891858973     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2013.11.4487     Document Type: Article

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