Spontaneous sharp bending of double-stranded DNA

Molecular Cell

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 355-362

  Cloutier, Timothy E ^a   Widom, Jonathan ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CURVED DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; NAKED DNA;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA VIRUS; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STABILITY;

BINDING SITES; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEOSOMES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

DNA VIRUSES; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 2342518189     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(04)00210-2     Document Type: Article

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