Expedient placement of two fluorescent dyes for investigating dynamic DNA protein interactions in real time

Chromosome Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 451-467

  Leuba, Sanford H ^a   Anand, Syam P ^b   Harp, Joel M ^c   Khan, Saleem A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescence resonance energy transfer; FRET; Nucleosome; PcrA; RecA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DNA; DNA HELICASE PCRA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; FLUORESCENT DYE; HELICASE; NAKED DNA; RECA PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA HELIX; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA STRAND; DNA TEMPLATE; DYNAMICS; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA; DNA HELICASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENT DYES; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEOSOMES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEINS; REC A RECOMBINASES;

EID: 43149091474     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: 15736849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-008-1235-5     Document Type: Review

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