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Model for DNA and protein interactions and the function of the operator
- The short paper introduces the concept of possible branches of double-stranded DNA (later sometimes called palindromes): Certain sequences of nucleotides may be followed, after a short unpaired stretch, by a complementary sequence in reversed order, such that each DNA strand can fold back on itself, and the DNA assumes a cruciform or tree-like structure. This is postulated to interact with regulatory proteins.
Author: | Alfred Gierer |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:b4-opus4-28055 |
ISSN: | 0028-0836 |
Parent Title (English): | Nature 212 (1966) p 1480-1481 |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2017/09/18 |
Publishing Institution: | Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften |
Release Date: | 2017/09/18 |
Tag: | Biowissenschaften; Naturwissenschaft und Mathematik DNA; cruciform DNA; gene regulation; palindromes; protein synthesis |
Page Number: | 3 |
Source: | Nature, Vol. 212, No. 5069, pp. 1480-1481, December 24, 1966 |
Institutes: | BBAW / Veröffentlichungen von Akademiemitgliedern |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 57 Biowissenschaften; Biologie / 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung-Keine kommerzielle Nutzung-Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 DE) |