DNA looping by FokI: The impact of twisting and bending rigidity on protein-induced looping dynamics

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 4988-4997

  Laurens, Niels ^a   Rusling, David A ^b,c   Pernstich, Christian ^b   Brouwer, Ineke ^a   Halford, Stephen E ^b   Wuite, Gijs J L ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE FOKI; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BENDING RIGIDITY; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA LOOPING; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA NICK TRANSLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA TWISTING RIGIDITY; ENZYME MODIFICATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TETHERED PARTICLE MOTION;

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA; DNA CLEAVAGE; MOTION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TORQUE;

EID: 84862178413     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks184     Document Type: Article

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