Electron microscopy reveals that transcription factor TFIIIA bends 5S DNA.
Open Access
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Molecular and Cellular Biology
- Vol. 9 (1) , 336-341
- https://doi.org/10.1128/mcb.9.1.336
Abstract
We have used a high-resolution analytical electron microscopic technique, electron spectroscopic imaging, to study the in vitro interaction between the transcription factor IIIA (TFIIIA) and 5S ribosomal gene DNA. The images and analytical measurements support our proposal that the helix axis is bent by the protein into a hairpin-shaped configuration.This publication has 21 references indexed in Scilit:
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