Stretching DNA and RNA to probe their interactions with proteins

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 266-274

  Allemand, Jean François ^a   Bensimon, David ^a   Croquette, Vincent ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA POLYMERASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; HELICASE; HISTONE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; BINDING AFFINITY; DNA DENATURATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA STRUCTURE; ELASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; REVIEW; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA STRUCTURE;

EID: 0037832291     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(03)00067-8     Document Type: Review

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