DNA Looping in Prokaryotes: Experimental and theoretical approaches

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1109-1119

  Cournac, Axel ^a   Plumbridge, Jacqueline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAC REPRESSOR;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL GENOME; BINDING SITE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA LOOPING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPERIMENTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING AND GENE TECHNOLOGY; GENETIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LAC OPERON; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84874702922     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.02038-12     Document Type: Article

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