Abstract: Protein search and association to specific sequences on DNA is a starting point for all fundamental biological processes. It has been intensively studied in recent years by a variety of experimental and theoretical methods. However, many features of these complex biological phenomena are still not resolved at the molecular level. Experiments indicate that proteins can be bound non-specifically to DNA in multiple configurations. But the role of conformational fluctuations in the protein search dynamics remains not well understood. Here we develo...
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Topics: 
Biophysics
Statistical physics
Computational biology