Hydration and DNA recognition by homeodomains

Cell

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1057-1065

  Billeter, Martin ^a   Güntert, Peter ^a   Luginbühl, Peter ^a   Wüthrich, Kurt ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DNA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HYDROGEN; WATER;

BASE PAIRING; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; HYDRATION; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; REVIEW;

EID: 0030604702     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81306-9     Document Type: Article

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