Lac repressor structure

A transcription-regulating protein that binds to DNA in the promoter loop. See Benoff, B., Yang, H., Lawson, C.L. et al.. Structural basis of transcription activation the CAP-alpha CTD-DNA complex. Science 297, 1562-1566, 2002 Balaeff, A., Madadevan, L., and Schulten, K., Structural basis for cooperative DNA binding by CAP and lac repressor. Structure 12, 123-132, 2004 Akaboshi, E., Dynamic profiles of DNA analysis of CAP-and LexA protein-binding regions with endonucleases, DNA Cell Biol. 24, 161-172, 2005. 

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