Binding then bending: a mechanism for wrapping DNA.
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چکیده
Sergei Khrapunov*, Michael Brenowitz*†, Phoebe A. Rice‡, and Carlos Enrique Catalano§ *Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461; ‡Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, 929 East 57th Street, Chicago, IL 60637; and §Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Washington School of Pharmacy, H172 Health Sciences Building, Box 357610, Seattle, WA 98195
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
دوره 103 51 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006