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Topological Analysis of DNA-Protein Complexes

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Mathematics of DNA Structure, Function and Interactions

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A tangle consists of strings properly embedded in a 3-dimensional ball. Tangles have been used to model protein-bound DNA. The protein is represented by the 3D ball and the protein-bound DNA is represented by the strings embedded in the 3D ball. We review tangle analysis of protein-DNA complexes involving three or four segments of DNA.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Iowa, 52242, Iowa City, Iowa, USA

    Soojeong Kim & Isabel K. Darcy

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  1. Dept. Pharmacology & Genome Center, University of California, Davis, E. Health Sciences Drive 451, Davis, 95616, USA

    Craig John Benham

  2. Dept. Chemistry & Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, 30332-0400, USA

    Stephen Harvey

  3. Dept. Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Rutgers State University of New Jersey, Taylor Rd. 610, Piscataway, 08854-8087, USA

    Wilma K. Olson

  4. Dept. Mathematics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 32306-4510, USA

    De Witt Sumners

  5. Dept. Mathematics, University of Pittsburgh, Thackeray Hall 301, Pittsburgh, 15260, USA

    David Swigon

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Kim, S., Darcy, I.K. (2009). Topological Analysis of DNA-Protein Complexes. In: Benham, C., Harvey, S., Olson, W., Sumners, D., Swigon, D. (eds) Mathematics of DNA Structure, Function and Interactions. The IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications, vol 150. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0670-0_9

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