Statistical-mechanical theory of DNA looping

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1903-1912

  Zhang, Yongli ^a,c   McEwen, Abbye E ^b   Crothers, Donald M ^a   Levene, Stephen D ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CYCLIZATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA STRUCTURE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; ELASTICITY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANICS; PROTEIN BINDING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BINDING SITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELASTICITY; MECHANICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BINDING; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 33645991551     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.070490     Document Type: Article

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