Hinge-helix formation and DNA bending in various lac repressor-operator complexes

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 6472-6480

  Spronk, Christian A E M ^a   Folkers, Gert E ^a   Noordman, Anne Marie G W ^a   Wechselberger, Rainer ^a   Van Den Brink, Nienke ^a   Boelens, Rolf ^a   Kaptein, Robert ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cooperativity; DNA bending; lac operator; lac repressor; NMR

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA HELIX; LACTOSE OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRESSOR GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; LAC OPERON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 0033570911     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.22.6472     Document Type: Article

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