Large helical conformational deviations from ideal B-DNA and prokaryotic regulatory sites

Ruth Nussinov*

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Abstract

The variations in several double helical DNA angular parameters have been calculated along about 60 bacterial and phage sequences, each several hundreds nucleotides long. Regions of large geometric irregularities are found at, or in the vicinity of, regulatory protein recognition sites. Based on these extensive computations I suggest that these structurally "wrinkled" regions facilitate the first stage of the recognition process.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)179-189
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Theoretical Biology
Volume115
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Jul 1985
Externally publishedYes

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