Bullied no more: When and how DNA shoves proteins around

Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 257-299

  Fogg, Jonathan M ^a   Randall, Graham L ^a,b   Pettitt, B Montgomery ^a,b   Sumners, De Witt L ^c   Harris, Sarah A ^d   Zechiedrich, Lynn ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN;

CELLS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SUPERCOILING; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; REVIEW;

CELLS; DNA; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEINS;

EID: 84865271294     PISSN: 00335835     EISSN: 14698994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033583512000054     Document Type: Review

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