Fluorescence resonance energy transfer over ∼130 basepairs in hyperstable Lac repressor-DNA loops

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 2 I, 2003, Pages 1131-1145

  Edelman, Laurence M ^a,b   Cheong, Raymond ^a,c   Kahn, Jason D ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA;

ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CHROMATOPHORE; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SUPERCOILING; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; GEOMETRY; LACTOSE OPERON; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONPHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING; STEADY STATE;

EID: 0037306915     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74929-7     Document Type: Article

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