The influence of promoter architectures and regulatory motifs on gene expression in Escherichia coli

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Rydenfelt, Mattias ^a,b   Garcia, Hernan G ^c   Cox, Robert Sidney ^d   Phillips, Rob ^a,e  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIF; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84920138690     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114347     Document Type: Article

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