Interconvertible lac repressor-DNA loops revealed by single-molecule experiments

PLoS Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2028-2042

  Oi, Kwan Wong ^a   Guthold, Martin ^b   Erie, Dorothy A ^c   Gelles, Jeff ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN LAC REPRESSOR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IN VITRO STUDY; KINETICS; MOLECULE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; LACTOSE OPERON; MACROMOLECULE; MATHEMATICS; METABOLISM; OPERATOR GENE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

DNA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LAC OPERON; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATHEMATICS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OPERATOR REGIONS, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 54749084305     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060232     Document Type: Article

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