LacI-DNA-IPTG Loops: Equilibria among Conformations by Single-Molecule FRET
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Studying DNA looping by single-molecule FRET.
Bending of double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) is associated with many important biological processes such as DNA-protein recognition and DNA packaging into nucleosomes. Thermodynamics of dsDNA bending has been studied by a method called cyclization which relies on DNA ligase to covalently join short sticky ends of a dsDNA. However, ligation efficiency can be affected by many factors that are not relat...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1520-6106,1520-5207
DOI: 10.1021/jp308930c