Analysis of DNA curvature distribution in mycobacterial promoters using theoretical models |
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Authors: | Kalate Rupali N Kulkarni B D Nagaraja V |
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Affiliation: | Chemical Engineering Division, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 411 008, India. |
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Abstract: | In this paper, 125 different mycobacterial promoters are analyzed for their DNA curvature distribution using several di- and tri-nucleotide dependent models of DNA curvature. Different models give similar behavior and therefore qualitative validation of the results. Mycobacterial promoters resembling the E. coli sigma(70) type have almost 81% (85%) sequences having medium and high curvature profiles using dinucleotide-dependent models. Non-E. coli sigma(70) type mycobacterial promoters have comparatively higher percent of low curvature profiles. Very few extended -10 promoters have low curvature profiles. Mycobacterial promoters having A(n)T(m) (n+m > or =3) tract in the upstream region of -35 box and repeated in phase with each other have high curvature profiles. M. smegmatis promoters have high curvature profiles compared to M. tuberculosis promoters. |
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