Road rules for traffic on DNA - Systematic analysis of transcriptional roadblocking in vivo

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 42, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 8861-8872

  Hao, Nan ^a   Krishna, Sandeep ^b   Ahlgren Berg, Alexandra ^a   Cutts, Erin E ^a,c   Shearwin, Keith E ^a   Dodd, Ian B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; LAC REPRESSOR; RNA POLYMERASE; SPACER DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MFD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSFER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA TRANSLATION; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; LAC REPRESSORS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84906249818     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku627     Document Type: Article

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