Sliding and target location of DNA-binding proteins: An NMR view of the lac repressor system

Journal of Biomolecular NMR

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 41-49

  Loth, Karine ^a,b   Gnida, Manuel ^a,c   Romanuka, Julija ^a,d   Kaptein, Robert ^a,e   Boelens, Rolf ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^d SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^e NOVOSIBIRSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Exchange broadening; NMR relaxation; One dimensional diffusion; Protein DNA interaction; Sliding

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA FRAGMENT; LAC REPRESSOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING KINETICS; COMPLEX FORMATION; DIFFUSION; DNA STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN TARGETING; REPRESSOR GENE;

BINDING SITES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; KINETICS; LAC OPERON; LAC REPRESSORS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84879906220     PISSN: 09252738     EISSN: 15735001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10858-013-9723-0     Document Type: Article

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