Structural aspects of protein-DNA recognition
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Structural aspects of protein - DNA recognition Paul
Protein-DNA interactions are involved in many of the fundamental processes that occur inside cells, including packaging, replication, recombination, restriction and transcription. It is therefore vitally important to understand the nature of proteinDNA interactions, as they are so intimately linked to the control of gene expression, cell division and differentiation. Many proteins, particularly...
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عنوان ژورنال: Biochemical Journal
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0264-6021,1470-8728
DOI: 10.1042/bj2780001