Sticky DNA: in Vivo Formation in E. coli and in Vitro Association of Long GAA•TTC Tracts to Generate Two Independent Supercoiled Domains

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 360, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 267-284

  Son, Leslie S ^a   Bacolla, Albino ^a   Wells, Robert D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA structure; Escherichia coli; negative supercoiling; sticky DNA; trinucleotide repeat

Indexed keywords

FRATAXIN; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA HELIX; DNA SUPERCOILING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVALUATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TANDEM REPEAT;

ATAXIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33745243698     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.05.025     Document Type: Article

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