La asignación completa de desplazamiento químico del ssDNA en el bacteriófago filamentoso fd informa sobre su

Omry Morag1, Gili Abramov, Amir Goldbourt

  • 1School of Chemistry, Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University , Ramat Aviv 69978, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Resumen

Este estudio utiliza RMN de estado sólido para mapear las interacciones ADN-proteína en fd bacteriófago. Revela las interacciones electrostáticas entre la lisina y la columna vertebral de fosfato del ADN, ofreciendo información sobre las estructuras virales.

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