Zif268 protein-DNA complex refined at 1.6 Å: A model system for understanding zinc finger-DNA interactions

Structure

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1171-1180

  Elrod Erickson, Monicia ^a   Rould, Mark A ^a   Nekludova, Lena ^a   Pabo, Carl O ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

protein DNA recognition; X ray crystallography; Zif268; zinc finger

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0030587774     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(96)00125-6     Document Type: Article

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