Theory of nucleosome corkscrew sliding in the presence of synthetic DNA ligands

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 344, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-58

  Mohammad Rafiee, Farshid ^a   Kulić, Igor M ^b   Schiessel, Helmut ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN BASIC SCIENCES IASBS   (Iran)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA ligands; nucleosome; RNA polymerase

Indexed keywords

LIGAND; RNA POLYMERASE; SYNTHETIC DNA;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; DNA BINDING; LIGAND BINDING; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; THEORY;

SYNTHETIC CONSTRUCT;

EID: 7044220398     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.09.027     Document Type: Article

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