Contribution of RNA polymerase concentration variation to protein expression noise

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Yang, Sora ^a   Kim, Seunghyeon ^a   Rim Lim, Yu ^b   Kim, Cheolhee ^a   An, Hyeong Jeon ^a   Kim, Ji Hyun ^b   Sung, Jaeyoung ^b   Lee, Nam Ki ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; RNA POLYMERASE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7 RNA POLYMERASE; CYAN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PROTEIN; RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL LINEAGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLISM; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE;

DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84907318479     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5761     Document Type: Article

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