Supercoiling-dependent flexibility of adenosine-tract-containing DNA detected by a topological method

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2817-2822

  Tsen, Hua ^a   Levene, Stephen D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA bending; DNA topology; site specific recombination; transcription

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; CURVED DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SUPERCOILING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ADENOSINE; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030940882     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.7.2817     Document Type: Article

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