High Local Concentration: A Fundamental Strategy of Life

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 395, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 242-253

  Oehler, Stefan ^a   Müller Hill, Benno ^b  

^a BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH CENTER ALEXANDER FLEMING   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

cooperativity; DNA; local concentration; origin of life; protein

Indexed keywords

CHELATE; DNA; PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BINDING AFFINITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA HELIX; ENZYME MECHANISM; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; LACTOSE OPERON; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 73149092964     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.10.056     Document Type: Review

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