Fluorescence studies of the replication initiator protein RepA in complex with operator and iteron sequences and free in solution

FEBS Journal

Volumn 275, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 5393-5407

  Diederix, Rutger E M ^a,b   Dávila, Cristina ^a,b   Giraldo, Rafael ^b   Lillo, M Pilar ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA FÍSICA ROCASOLANO   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; DNA replication; Fluorescence; Hydrodynamics; RepA

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; DNA; MUTANT PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; REPLICATION INITIATOR PROTEIN REPA; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DEPOLARIZATION; DNA BINDING; DNA PURIFICATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERATOR GENE; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; STEADY STATE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DIMERIZATION; DNA HELICASES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; OPERATOR REGIONS, GENETIC; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; ROTATION; SOLUTIONS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 53849101834     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06669.x     Document Type: Article

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