Poly(dA:dT)-Rich DNAs Are Highly Flexible in the Context of DNA Looping

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Johnson, Stephanie ^a,c   Chen, Yi Ju ^b   Phillips, Rob ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; LAC REPRESSOR; LIGASE; POLY(DEOXYADENYLATE DEOXYTHYMIDYLATE);

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CYCLIZATION; DNA CONFORMATION; GC RICH SEQUENCE; GENE CONTROL; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NUCLEOSOME; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AT RICH SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE COMPOSITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; INVERTED REPEAT SEQUENCES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEOSOMES; POLY DA-DT; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84885396500     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075799     Document Type: Article

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