The effect of self-association on the interaction of the Escherichia coli regulatory protein TyrR with DNA

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 263, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 671-684

  Bailey, Michael F ^a   Davidson, Barrie E ^a   Minton, Allen P ^b   Sawyer, William H ^a   Howlett, Geoffrey J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical ultracentrifugation; DNA protein interactions; Heterogeneous associations; Sedimentation equilibrium; TyrR

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLAR TOOTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; STOICHIOMETRY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030589088     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0607     Document Type: Article

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