Tumor suppressor p53 slides on DNA with low friction and high stability

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Tafvizi, Anahita ^a,b,c   Huang, Fang ^e   Leith, Jason S ^a,b,d   Fersht, Alan R ^e   Mirny, Leonid A ^a   Van Oijen, Antoine M ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN P53; TP53 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRICTION; MOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; FRICTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 46749108829     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.108.134122     Document Type: Article

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