Molecular mechanics analysis of Tet repressor TRP-43 fluorescence

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1800-1811

  Antonini, Patrizio Silvi ^a   Hillen, Wolfgang ^b   Ettner, Norbert ^b   Hinrichs, Winfried ^c   Fantucci, Piercarlo ^a   Doglia, Silvia M ^a   Bousquet, Jean Alain ^d   Chabbert, Marie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; ISOMERISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REPRESSOR GENE; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0030999858     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(97)78826-x     Document Type: Article

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