Topological measurement of an A-tract bend angle: Comparison of the bent and straightened states

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 326, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 737-749

  Tchernaenko, Vladimir ^a   Radlinska, Monika ^a   Drabik, Christopher ^a   Bujnicki, Janusz ^a   Halvorson, Herbert R ^a   Lutter, Leonard C ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

A tract; DNA bend measurement; DNA topology; Supercoil; Tandem repeat

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA HELIX; DNA SEQUENCE; LEISURE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

TRIXIS;

EID: 0037459036     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)01468-7     Document Type: Article

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