The solution structure of the first zinc finger domain of SW15: A novel structural extension to a common fold

Structure

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 599-611

  Dutnall, Robert N ^a,b   Neuhaus, David ^a   Rhodes, Daniela ^a  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

NMR structure; Protein DNA recognition; Zinc finger

Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; SWI5 PROTEIN, FUNGUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOLUTIONS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 0030585197     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(96)00064-0     Document Type: Article

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