Department home Homepage Institute Disclaimer Site Map Research Projects Gallery Publications Staff Jobs PhD programs Teaching & Conferences Downloads Contact DNA/RNA Dynamics, Recognition     / home / Research Projects / DNA/RNA Dynamics, Recognition / DNA Base-Flipping Individual DNA bases are known to be able to flip out of the helical stack, providing enzymes with access to the genetic information otherwise hidden inside the helix. Consequently, base flipping is a necessary first step to many more complex biological processes such ... [more] Specific DNA Binding and Recongnition The binding affinity of DNA-binding proteins, e.g. transcription factors, such as ZIF268 (also: EGR1, Krox24, NGFI-A), is essential for the function of these proteins. It is one fundamental goal in modern biochemistry to find out, why, and more importantly, how these ... [more] U4 snRNA Kink-Turn The kink-turn (k-turn), a new RNA structural motif found in the spliceosome and the ribosome, serves as a specific protein recognition element and as a structural building block. [more] © 2012, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen