Probability of the site juxtaposition determines the rate of protein-mediated DNA looping

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2726-2731

  Polikanov, Yury S ^a   Bondarenko, Vladimir A ^a   Tchernaenko, Vladimir ^b   Jiang, Yong I ^a,d   Lutter, Leonard C ^b   Vologodskii, Alexander ^c   Studitsky, Vasily M ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIDGED PEPTIDE; DNA;

ARTICLE; COILED BODY; DIFFUSION; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA LOOP; DNA SUPERCOILING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE LOCATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROBABILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 35348935490     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.107.111245     Document Type: Article

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