Homotypic clusters of transcription factor binding sites: A model system for understanding the physical mechanics of gene expression

Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 63-69

  Ezer, Daphne ^a,b   Zabet, Nicolae Radu ^a,b   Adryan, Boris ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cooperativity; Enhancers; Facilitated diffusion; Massively parallel gene expression assays; Mechanistic models

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BINDING SITE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84933531060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20010370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2014.07.005     Document Type: Review

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