Protein-mediated DNA loops: Effects of protein bridge size and kinks

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Douarche, Nicolas ^a   Cocco, Simona ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN-MEDIATED DNA LOOPS; THERMAL FLUCTUATIONS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DNA; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

PROTEINS;

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING;

BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BINDING SITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 28844474555     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.72.061902     Document Type: Article

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