Electrostatic contributions to the binding free energy of the λcl repressor to DNA

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2262-2273

  Misra, Vinod K ^a   Hecht, Jonathan L ^a   Yang, An Suei ^a   Honig, Barry ^a,b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Dept Biochem and Molec Biophys ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DNA; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; ENERGY TRANSFER; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PH; PROTEIN STABILITY; SOLVATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0031754295     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77671-4     Document Type: Article

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