Dimeric Lac repressors exhibit phase-dependent co-operativity

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 284, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 851-857

  Müller, Johannes ^a,b   Barker, Andrew ^a   Oehler, Stefan ^a,c   Müller Hill, Benno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b Max Ernst Gymnasium   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA helical repeat; DNA looping; Gal repressor; Lac repressor; Protein DNA recognition

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; DNA HELIX; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTOSE OPERON; NONHUMAN; OPERATOR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPRESSOR GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032509088     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2253     Document Type: Article

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