A nucleoprotein-hairpin in transcription regulation

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 444-451

  Gutiérrez del Arroyo, Paloma ^a   Vélez, Marisela ^b   Piétrement, Oliver ^c   Salas, Margarita ^a   Carrascosa, José L ^a   Camacho, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE CATÁLISIS Y PETROLEOQUÍMICA   (Spain)

^c UMR 8126   (France)

Author keywords

AFM; DNA topology; Nucleoprotein complexes; Regulation of transcription

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; NUCLEOPROTEIN; PROTEIN P4; PROTEIN P6; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIOPHAGE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; EUKARYOTE; IMAGE PROCESSING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRUS GENOME;

BACTERIOPHAGES; DNA, VIRAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NUCLEOPROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 70350241055     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2009.06.016     Document Type: Article

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