The transcription factor titration effect dictates level of gene expression

Cell

Volumn 156, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1312-1323

  Brewster, Robert C ^a   Weinert, Franz M ^a   Garcia, Hernan G ^b   Song, Dan ^c   Rydenfelt, Mattias ^a   Phillips, Rob ^a,d  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VIRUS VECTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CELL CYCLE; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; THERMODYNAMICS; CELL DIVISION; CELL POPULATION; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; PROTEIN BINDING; STEADY STATE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84896392369     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: 10974172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.02.022     Document Type: Article

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