Quantitation of the DNA tethering effect in long-range DNA looping in vivo and in vitro using the Lac and λ repressors

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 349-354

  Priest, David G ^a   Cui, Lun ^a   Kumar, Sandip ^b   Dunlap, David D ^b   Dodd, Ian B ^a   Shearwin, Keith E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

J factor; Promoter enhancer; TPM

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; LAMBDA CI REPRESSOR PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TISSUE FACTOR PATHWAY INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA TETHERING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE REPRESSION; GENE TECHNOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE;

J FACTOR; PROMOTER-ENHANCER; TPM;

ALGORITHMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; LAC OPERON; LAC REPRESSORS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS; VIRAL REGULATORY AND ACCESSORY PROTEINS;

EID: 84891933858     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1317817111     Document Type: Article

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