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footprinting,

a method for determining the location of binding between a protein and a DNA molecule. The technique involves nuclease digestion of the unbound and therefore unprotected sequences of DNA. The protected DNA fragment that remains can be identified electrophoretically.

Footprinting

A method for detecting sites of interaction between regulatory or promoter proteins and DNA (DNA footprinting) or DNA and RNA (RNA footprinting)

footprinting

a technique for identification of protein-binding regions on DNA, based on the principle that segments with bound protein are resistant to endonuclease activity and t`hese can be demonstrated as missing bands in gel electrophoresis.

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