Determination of the Neurospora crassa CYS 3 sulfur regulatory protein consensus DNA binding site: Amino acid substitutions in the CYS3 bZIP domain that alter DNA-binding specificity

Current Genetics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 298-304

  Li, Qunhui ^a   Marzluf, George A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bZip proteins; CYS3; DNA binding; Neurospora crassa; Sulfur regulation

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SULFUR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PHENYLALANINE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SERINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TYROSINE;

NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 0029819090     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050136     Document Type: Article

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