A quantitative description of the binding states and in vitro function of antitermination protein N of bacteriophage λ

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 348, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1039-1057

  Conant, Clarke R ^a   Van Gilst, Marc R ^a,b   Weitzel, Stephen E ^a   Rees, William A ^a,c   Von Hippel, Peter H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antitermination; Binding specificity; Enhancer binding; Non specific binding; Transcription regulation

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BINDING AFFINITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA TEMPLATE; ENHANCER REGION; FLUOROMETRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN NUCLEIC ACID INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEPTOR OCCUPANCY; RNA STRUCTURE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

EID: 18044396557     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2005.03.042     Document Type: Article

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