Interpreting protein/DNA interactions: Distinguishing specific from non-specific and electrostatic from non-electrostatic components

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2483-2491

  Privalov, Peter L ^a,b   Dragan, Anatoly I ^a,c   Crane Robinson, Colyn ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; BINDING AFFINITY; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNTER ION CONDENSATION; DNA SEQUENCE; MACROMOLECULE; POISSON BOLTZMANN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; REVIEW; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENTROPY; PROTEIN BINDING; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 79954618050     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq984     Document Type: Review

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