High-resolution structures of the bifunctional enzyme and transcriptional coactivator DCoH and its complex with a product analogue

Protein Science

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1963-1972

  Cronk, Jeff D ^a   Endrizzi, James A ^a   Alber, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

dehydratase; enzyme mechanism; gene regulation; transcriptional coactivator

Indexed keywords

HYDROLYASE; NUCLEAR FACTOR I;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0029962632     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560051002     Document Type: Article

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