Communications between distant sites on supercoiled DNA from non-exponential kinetics for DNA synopsis by resolvase

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 270, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 396-412

  Oram, Mark ^a,c   Marko, John F ^b   Halford, Stephen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA dynamics; DNA topology; Polymer physics; Rapid reaction kinetics; Site specific recombination

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA; RESOLVASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SUPERCOILING; DNA SYNAPSIS; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031577319     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1109     Document Type: Article

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