DNA binding of in vitro activated Stat1α, Stat1β and truncated Stat1: Interaction between NH2-terminal domains stabilizes binding of two dimers to tandem DNA sites

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 5616-5626

  Vinkemeier, Uwe ^a   Cohen, Steven L ^a   Moarefi, Ismail ^a   Chait, Brian T ^a   Kuriyan, John ^a   Darnell Jr , James E ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperative DNA binding; N terminus; Phosphoprotein; Proteolysis; Stat1

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOPROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STABILITY;

EID: 0029903770     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00946.x     Document Type: Article

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