Capacitance-derived dielectric constants demonstrate differential preinitiation complexes in TBP-independent and TBP-dependent transcription

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-14

  Choi, Chu H ^a   Sabourin, Nicaulas A ^a   Reagor, David W ^b   Redondo, Antonio ^b   Usheva, Anny ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacitance measurement of protein interactions; Dielectric constant; Specific protein DNA interaction; TBP dependent transcription; TBP independent transcription; Transcription initiation

Indexed keywords

TATA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; DIPOLE; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROSTATICS; ERYTHROID-SPECIFIC DNA-BINDING FACTORS; HUMANS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TATA BOX; TATA-BOX BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIIB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 4344718928     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2004.03.007     Document Type: Article

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