Protein distributions from a stochastic model of the lac operon of E. coli with DNA looping: Analytical solution and comparison with experiments

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Choudhary, Krishna ^a   Oehler, Stefan ^a   Narang, Atul ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; LACTOSE PERMEASE; MESSENGER RNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; LAC REPRESSOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA LOOPING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOSE OPERON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE, METABOLISM AND FUNCTION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA DEGRADATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OPERATOR GENE; STATISTICS;

ALGORITHMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LAC OPERON; LAC REPRESSORS; MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OPERATOR REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA, MESSENGER; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 84904616508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102580     Document Type: Article

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