The Global Regulatory Architecture of Transcription during the Caulobacter Cell Cycle

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Zhou, Bo ^a   Schrader, Jared M ^a   Kalogeraki, Virginia S ^a   Abeliuk, Eduardo ^a,c   Dinh, Cong B ^a   Pham, James Q ^b   Cui, Zhongying Z ^b   Dill, David L ^b   McAdams, Harley H ^a   Shapiro, Lucy ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c TeselaGen Biotechnology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN BINDING;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BASE PAIRING; BINDING SITE; CAULOBACTER; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAUGHTER CELL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; CELL CYCLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIF; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER;

BASE SEQUENCE; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL CYCLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; METHYLTRANSFERASES; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84924366615     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004831     Document Type: Article

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