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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Analysis of Specific Protein-DNA Interactions

Nils RostoksIndrikis Muiznieks

subject

Regulation of gene expressionCalf-intestinal alkaline phosphatasechemistry.chemical_compoundbiologyChemistryGene expressionbiology.proteinElectrophoretic mobility shift assayComputational biologyDNA condensationGenomeDNAChromatin

description

The central issue in the regulation of genome functions is the mechanism of sequence-specific protein-nucleic acid interactions. Gene expression, replication, recombination and DNA condensation in chromatin are steered by binding of regulatory protein ligands to specific sites in DNA. Numerous methods have been developed to study protein-DNA interactions. In this chapter we discuss two widely used and straightforward approaches to address this problem.

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71965-3_5