The evolution of complex gene regulation by low-specificity binding sites

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1768, 2013, Pages

  Stewart, Alexander J ^a   Plotkin, Joshua B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cis regulatory evolution; Gene regulation; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; NATURAL SELECTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PROKARYOTE; YEAST;

BINDING SITE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION;

BINDING SITES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION;

EID: 84903312914     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1313     Document Type: Article

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