Fluorescent pteridine nucleoside analogs: a window on DNA interactions

ME Hawkins - Cell biochemistry and biophysics, 2001 - Springer
Pteridine nucleoside analog probes are highly fluorescent and offer different approaches to
monitor subtle DNA interactions with other molecules. Similarities in structure and size to …

Electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) for detecting protein–nucleic acid interactions

LM Hellman, MG Fried - Nature protocols, 2007 - nature.com
The gel electrophoresis mobility shift assay (EMSA) is used to detect protein complexes with
nucleic acids. It is the core technology underlying a wide range of qualitative and …

Methods for analysis of transcription factor DNA-binding specificity in vitro

A Jolma, J Taipale - A Handbook of Transcription Factors, 2011 - Springer
Transcription of genes during development and in response to environmental stimuli is
determined by genomic DNA sequence. The DNA sequences regulating transcription are …

The monoclonal S9. 6 antibody exhibits highly variable binding affinities towards different R-loop sequences

F König, T Schubert, G Längst - PLoS One, 2017 - journals.plos.org
The monoclonal antibody S9. 6 is a widely-used tool to purify, analyse and quantify R-loop
structures in cells. A previous study using the surface plasmon resonance technology and a …

A minimal motif for sequence recognition by mitochondrial transcription factor A (TFAM)

WS Choi, M Garcia-Diaz - Nucleic Acids Research, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Mitochondrial transcription factor A (TFAM) plays a critical role in mitochondrial transcription
initiation and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) packaging. Both functions require DNA binding …

CcpA Mediates Proline Auxotrophy and Is Required for Staphylococcus aureus Pathogenesis

C Li, F Sun, H Cho, V Yelavarthi, C Sohn… - Journal of …, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
Human clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus, for example, strains Newman and N315,
cannot grow in the absence of proline, albeit their sequenced genomes harbor genes for two …

Protein− Protein Interaction Studies Based on Molecular Aptamers by Affinity Capillary Electrophoresis

CC Huang, Z Cao, HT Chang, W Tan - Analytical Chemistry, 2004 - ACS Publications
Protein− DNA/protein− protein interactions play critical roles in many biological processes.
We report here the investigation of protein− protein interactions using molecular aptamers …

RIG-I ATPase activity and discrimination of self-RNA versus non-self-RNA

S Anchisi, J Guerra, D Garcin - MBio, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
Many RNA viruses are detected by retinoic acid-inducible gene i (RIG-I), a cytoplasmic
sensor that triggers an antiviral response upon binding non-self-RNA that contains a stretch …

HU binding to DNA: evidence for multiple complex formation and DNA bending

K Wojtuszewski, ME Hawkins, JL Cole, I Mukerji - Biochemistry, 2001 - ACS Publications
HU, a nonspecific histone-like DNA binding protein, participates in a number of genomic
events as an accessory protein and forms multiple complexes with DNA. The HU− DNA …

An essential tryptophan of Escherichia coli DnaA protein functions in oligomerization at the E. coli replication origin

MM Felczak, LA Simmons, JM Kaguni - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2005 - ASBMB
In the initiation of bacterial DNA replication, DnaA protein recruits DnaB helicase to the
chromosomal origin, oriC, leading to the assemble of the replication fork machinery at this …