A quantitative UV laser footprinting analysis of the interaction of IHF with specific binding sites: Re-evaluation of the effective concentration of IHF in the cell

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 284, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 949-961

  Murtin, Christine ^a   Engelhorn, Manuel ^a   Geiselmann, Johannes ^b   Boccard, Frédéric ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

DNA accessibility; In vivo footprinting; Intracellular protein concentration; Site occupancy; Specific binding

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; INTEGRATION HOST FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0032509089     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2256     Document Type: Article

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