DNA sequence preferences of GAL4 and PPR1: How a subset of Zn2Cys6 binuclear cluster proteins recognizes DNA

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 3773-3780

  Liang, Stanley D ^a,c   Marmorstein, Ronen ^a,d   Harrison, Stephen C ^a,b   Ptashne, Mark ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CYSTEINE; DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; MUTANT PROTEIN; PALINDROMIC DNA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CODON; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0029938794     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.7.3773     Document Type: Article

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