Are DNA transcription factor proteins Maxwellian Demons?

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1151-1156

  Hu, Longhua ^a   Grosberg, Alexander Y ^a   Bruinsma, Robijn ^b  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; PROTEIN BINDING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BINDING SITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 51049093016     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.108.129825     Document Type: Article

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