Quantitative analysis of multiple-hit footprinting studies to characterize DNA conformational changes in protein-DNA complexes: Application to DNA opening by Eσ70 RNA polymerase

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 283, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 757-769

  Tsodikov, Oleg V ^a   Craig, Maria L ^a   Saecker, Ruth M ^a   Record Jr , M Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiple hit footprinting; Open complex formation; Promoter; RNA polymerase

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; START CODON; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032491562     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2130     Document Type: Article

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