Kinetics of protein-DNA interaction: Facilitated target location in sequence-dependent potential

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 4021-4035

  Slutsky, Michael ^a   Mirny, Leonid A ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DIFFUSION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NUCLEOSOME; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 10044223573     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.050765     Document Type: Article

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