INVESTIGADORES
VIOLA Ivana Lorena
capítulos de libros
Título:
Footprinting and Missing Nucleoside Analysis of Transcription Factor-DNA Complexes
Autor/es:
IVANA L. VIOLA; DANIEL H. GONZALEZ
Libro:
Plant Transcription Factors: Methods and Protocols
Editorial:
Humana Press
Referencias:
Año: 2011; p. 259 - 275
Resumen:
In the folowing chapter we describe methods and protocols to analyze the interaction of proteins with DNA using footprinting and related techniques based on the modification of DNA with either hydroxyl radicals or methylating agents. Footprinting, based on the protection of chemical modification of DNA by specific binding of a protein, gives information about the nucleotides that are in close contact with the protein upon binding. The derived missing nucleoside and interference techniques identify nucleotides that are energetically important for protein binding. These methods are highly valuable to study in detail the interaction of a transcription factor with each nucleotide of both strands of its target DNA sequence.