Protein tracking‐induced supercoiling of DNA: A tool to regulate DNA transactions in vivo?
- 5 February 1994
- Vol. 16 (2) , 91-99
- https://doi.org/10.1002/bies.950160205
Abstract
An interplay between DNA‐dependent biological processes appears to be crucial for cell viability. At the molecular level, this interplay relies heavily on the communication between DNA‐bound proteins, which can be facilitated and controlled by the dynamic structure of double‐stranded DNA. Hence, DNA structural alterations are recognized as potential tools to transfer biological information over some distance within a genome. Until recently, however, direct evidence for DNA structural information as a mediator between cellular processes was lacking. This changed when the concept of transient waves of DNA supercoiling, induced by proteins tracking along the right‐handed DNA double helix, came into the limelight. Indeed, a number of observations now suggest that helix tracking‐induced DNA structural information might be exploited to participate in the regulation of a variety of DNA transactions in vivo.Keywords
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