Structural dynamics of E. Coli singlestranded DNA binding protein reveal DNA wrapping and unwrapping pathways

eLife

Volumn 4, Issue AUGUST2015, 2015, Pages

  Suksombat, Sukrit ^a   Khafizov, Rustem ^a   Kozlov, Alexander G ^b   Lohman, Timothy M ^b   Chemla, Yann R ^a  

^a United States of America   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECA PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TETRAMER; BACTERIAL DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING; SSB PROTEIN, E COLI;

ARTICLE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PROTEIN STABILITY; SCAVENGING SYSTEM; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 84943742317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2050084X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.08193     Document Type: Article

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