Lac repressor hinge flexibility and DNA looping: Single molecule kinetics by tethered particle motion

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3409-3420

  Vanzi, Francesco ^a,b   Broggio, Chiara ^a,c   Sacconi, Leonardo ^a   Pavone, Francesco Saverio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA; LACI PROTEIN, BACTERIA; MICROSPHERE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; KINETICS; LACTOSE OPERON; METABOLISM; MOTION; MUTATION; OPERATOR GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA; KINETICS; LAC OPERON; MICROSPHERES; MOTION; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OPERATOR REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 33746207766     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl393     Document Type: Article

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