Suppression and enhancement of transcriptional noise by DNA looping

Jose M G Vilar1, Leonor Saiz2

  • 1Biophysics Unit (CSIC-UPV/EHU) and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, P.O. Box 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain and IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, 48011 Bilbao, Spain.

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