DNA bending by a phantom protein

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 671-678

  Strauss, Juliane K ^a,b   Prakash, Thazha P ^c   Roberts, Christopher ^c   Switzer, Christopher ^c   Maher III, L James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA bending; electrostatics

Indexed keywords

DNA; OLIGORIBONUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFORMATION; ELECTRICITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN BINDING;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; ELECTROSTATICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGORIBONUCLEOTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEINS;

EID: 0030203816     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1074-5521(96)90135-0     Document Type: Article

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