Karlovský P. Mutual competitive inhibition between target sites during the restriction endonuclease digestion of DNA.
J Theor Biol 1988;
132:1-6. [PMID:
2848159 DOI:
10.1016/s0022-5193(88)80185-1]
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Abstract
The reaction rate of restriction endonuclease was evaluated theoretically, considering the competition between target sites and a nonspecific DNA. An equation for the initial cleavage rate at a single site for a DNA substrate containing more than one recognition site was derived. The consequences for the study of preferential cleavage were discussed.
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