Indirect and suboptimal control of gene expression is widespread in bacteria

Abstract Gene regulation in bacteria is usually described as an adaptive response to an environmental change so that genes are expressed when they are required. We instead propose that most genes are under indirect control: their expression responds to signal(s) that are not directly related to the...

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Main Authors: Morgan N Price, Adam M Deutschbauer, Jeffrey M Skerker, Kelly M Wetmore, Troy Ruths, Jordan S Mar, Jennifer V Kuehl, Wenjun Shao, Adam P Arkin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2013-04-01
Series:Molecular Systems Biology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/msb.2013.16