| Literature DB >> 3208753 |
B Mignotte1, E Delain, D Rickwood, M Barat-Gueride.
Abstract
The binding of the Xenopus laevis mitochondrial protein mtDBP-C to DNA was studied by equilibrium density banding, agarose gel electrophoresis and electron microscopy. The results obtained show that the mtDBP-C binds cooperatively to DNA irrespective of whether the DNA is supercoiled, relaxed or linear and it induces the formation of superhelical turns locally leading to the formation of a highly folded structure. It appears that this protein could be involved in the compaction of DNA in the mitochondrial nucleoid.Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID: 3208753 PMCID: PMC454966 DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1988.tb03273.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: EMBO J ISSN: 0261-4189 Impact factor: 11.598