Direct versus indirect readout in the interaction of the trp repressor with non-canonical binding sites

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 277, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1071-1080

  Bareket Samish, Avital ^a   Cohen, Ilana ^a   Haran, Tali E ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Direct readout; DNA bendability; Indirect readout; trp operators; trp repressor

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HYDROGEN BOND; OPERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; REPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0032540302     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1638     Document Type: Article

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