Does TATA matter? A structural exploration of the selectivity determinants in its complexes with TATA box-binding protein

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 640-652

  Pastor, Nina ^a   Pardo, Leonardo ^a,b   Weinstein, Harel ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

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EID: 0030852865     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78099-8     Document Type: Article

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