Interaction of Tet repressor with operator DNA and with tetracycline studied by infrared and Raman spectroscopy

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-71

  Krafft, C ^a   Hinrichs, W ^b   Orth, P ^b   Saenger, W ^b   Welfle, H ^a  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; TETRACYCLINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0031982525     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77767-7     Document Type: Article

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