Structure of the CAP-DNA complex at 2.5 Å resolution: A complete picture of the protein-DNA interface

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 260, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 395-408

  Parkinson, Gary ^a   Wilson, Christopher ^a,b   Gunasekera, Angelo ^a,c   Ebright, Yon W ^a   Ebright, Richard E ^a   Berman, Helen M ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

cAMP receptor protein (CRP); Catabolite activator protein (CAP); Protein DNA interaction; Transcription; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030593510     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0409     Document Type: Article

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