A general approach to visualize protein binding and DNA conformation without protein labelling

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Song, Dan ^a   Graham, Thomas G W ^a   Loparo, Joseph J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; DNA; PROTEIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING;

CHEMICAL BINDING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DNA; FLUORESCENCE; PROTEIN; TAGGING;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONFORMATION; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN INDUCED FLUORESCENCE ENHANCEMENT; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; EVALUATION STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOCHEMISTRY; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLUORESCENCE; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 84960374430     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10976     Document Type: Article

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