Tachibana H, Ishihama A
Nucleic Acids Res. 1985 Dec 20;13(24):9031-42. doi: 10.1093/nar/13.24.9031.
"Opening potential"s of DNA segments of about ten base pairs in length were calculated for eleven promoters of Escherichia coli using the thermodynamic parameter values [Gotoh and Tagashira (1981) Biopolymers 20, 1043-1058] for the stabilities of ten kinds of nearest neighbor base pair doublets in a melting reaction. They were compared with the strength of each promoter determined experimentally with a "mixed transcription" system [Kajitani and Ishihama (1983) Nucleic Acids Res. 11, 3873-3888]. A positive correlation was found between the calculated opening potential in the -9 to +3 region (+1 denotes the nucleotide position at which the transcription starts) and the rate of open complex formation.
利用十类相邻碱基对双链体在解链反应中的稳定性的热力学参数值[后藤和田代(1981年),《生物聚合物》20,1043 - 1058],计算了大肠杆菌11个启动子中长度约为10个碱基对的DNA片段的“开放潜能”。将其与通过“混合转录”系统[梶谷和石滨(1983年),《核酸研究》11,3873 - 3888]实验测定的每个启动子的强度进行了比较。发现在 - 9至 + 3区域(+1表示转录起始的核苷酸位置)计算出的开放潜能与开放复合物形成速率之间存在正相关。