How to get from A to B: Strategies for analysing protein motion on DNA

European Biophysics Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 257-267

  Halford, Stephen E ^a   Szczelkun, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffusion; DNA; Restriction enzyme; Translocation

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BINDING SITE; DIFFUSION; DNA BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; KINETICS; MOTION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

DIFFUSION; DNA; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOTION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0036656143     PISSN: 01757571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00249-002-0224-4     Document Type: Article

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