Figure 4
Structural distortions in bound DNA. (a) The local bend angle for 21-mer OL (blue) and OR (red) operators between adjacent base pairs (calculated as the angle formed between the normals of adjacent base pairs) is greatest at the central spacer sequence. Their sequences are shown below with the inverted repeats underlined. (b) Graphical representation of duplex bending. The overall DNA bend angles are 39 and 43° for the OL and OR duplexes, respectively |