Physical constraints determine the logic of bacterial promoter architectures

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 4196-4207

  Ezer, Daphne ^a,b   Zabet, Nicolae Radu ^a,b   Adryan, Boris ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DOSAGE; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; INDEL MUTATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; THERMODYNAMICS;

BINDING SITES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84899024465     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku078     Document Type: Article

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