A cruciform structural transition provides a molecular switch for chromosome structure and dynamics

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 296, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1169-1173

  Shlyakhtenko, Luda S ^a   Hsieh, Peggy ^b   Grigoriev, Michael ^b   Potaman, Vladimir N ^c   Sinden, Richard R ^c   Lyubchenko, Yuri L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Cruciform conformation; DNA supercoiling; Holliday junctions; Site specific recombination

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BINDING SITE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA BINDING; DNA SUPERCOILING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034628902     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.3542     Document Type: Article

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