Gene regulation and genetic processes research comprises the following areas:
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Prokaryotic gene regulation (Professor Steve Busby)
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Bacterial physiology and biochemistry (Professor Jeff Cole)
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Control of toxin production by pathogenic enteric bacteria (Dr David Grainger)
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Protein structure, function and kinetics: Use of biophysical techniques to optimise nitroreductase activity for cancer gene therapy and to examine DNA binding proteins (Dr Eva Hyde)
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Transcription initiation in E. coli and the regulation of the rat connexin32 promoter in hepatocytes (Dr Steve Minchin)
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Bacterial plasmid replication, stability & transfer; polyketide synthesis (Professor Chris Thomas)