RNA polymerase supply and flux through the lac operon in escherichia coli

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 371, Issue 1707, 2016, Pages

  Sendy, Bandar ^a   Lee, David J ^a   Busby, Stephen J W ^a   Bryant, Jack A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromatin immunoprecipitation; Polymerase density; Polymerase per second; Promoter occupation; Rifampicin; RNA polymerase

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHROMOSOME; DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PROTEIN; RNA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; LACTOSE OPERON; METABOLISM; PROMOTER REGION;

DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LAC OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84988849504     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0080     Document Type: Article

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