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. 2018 Jan 2;148(12):123315. doi: 10.1063/1.5004606

FIG. 2.

FIG. 2.

Qualitative assessment of smFRET dynamics using BVA. Proximity ratio (PR) histograms and BVA plots of σ(PR) versus PR show that (a) the free promoter is either characterized by a single PR population with no smFRET dynamics or with no PR population at all, due to quenching of FRET, and (b) RNAP bound to promoter DNA induces a unique PR subpopulation that exhibits smFRET dynamics. Depiction of differently labeled D-A constructs in free promoter (a) and RPo (b) states was generated by calculating D and A AVs (green and red surfaces, respectively) on top of DNA labeling positions in the context of RPo crystal structure (pdb code: 4XLN).