The Hinge Region Strengthens the Nonspecific Interaction between Lac-Repressor and DNA: A Computer Simulation Study

• Lili Sun,

  Affiliation Institute of Physical Chemistry PAS, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01–224, Warsaw, Poland

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• Marcin Tabaka,

  Affiliation Institute of Physical Chemistry PAS, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01–224, Warsaw, Poland

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• Sen Hou,

  Affiliation Institute of Physical Chemistry PAS, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01–224, Warsaw, Poland

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• Lin Li,

  Affiliation Computational Biophysics and Bioinformatics, Department of Physics, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, 29634, United States of America

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• Krzysztof Burdzy,

  Affiliation Department of Mathematics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98195–4350, United States of America

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• Aleksei Aksimentiev,

  Affiliation Department of Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 61801, United States of America

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• Christopher Maffeo,

  Affiliation Department of Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 61801, United States of America

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• Xuzhu Zhang,

  Affiliation Institute of Physical Chemistry PAS, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01–224, Warsaw, Poland

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• Robert Holyst

  * E-mail: rholyst@ichf.edu.pl

  Affiliation Institute of Physical Chemistry PAS, Kasprzaka 44/52, 01–224, Warsaw, Poland

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