Using FRET to measure the angle at which a protein Bends DNA: TBP binding a TATA box as a model system

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 341-346

  Kugel, Jennifer F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Binding; Fluorescence; FRET; Protein DNA interaction; TBP

Indexed keywords

EID: 53749092298     PISSN: 14708175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bmb.20202     Document Type: Article

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