DNA looping in cellular repression of transcription of the galactose operon.

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Communication between distant DNA sites is a central feature of many DNA transactions. Negative regulation of the galactose (gal) operon of Escherichia coli requires repressor binding to two operator sites located on opposite sides of the promoter. The proposed mechanism for regulation involves binding of the repressor to both operator sites, followed by a protein-protein association that loops the intervening...

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