Direct measurement of DNA molecular length in solution using optical tweezers: Detection of looping due to binding protein interactions

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-61

  Sakata Sogawa, Kumiko ^a   Kurachi, Masashi ^a   Sogawa, Kazuhiro ^b   Fujii Kuriyama, Yoshiaki ^b   Tashiro, Hideo ^a  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA binding protein; DNA looping; Optical tweezers; Rise per residue; Transcription factor Sp1

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA STRUCTURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOSINE; DNA; GUANINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OPTICS; SOLUTIONS; SP1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0031882699     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002490050110     Document Type: Article

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