Use of a fusion protein to obtain crystals suitable for X-ray analysis: Crystallization of a GST-fused protein containing the DNA-binding domain of DNA replication-related element-binding factor, DREF

Protein Science

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1783-1786

  Kuge, Munekazu ^a   Fujii, Yoshifumi ^a   Shimizu, Toshiyuki ^a   Hirose, Fumiko ^b   Matsukage, Akio ^b   Hakoshima, Toshio ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Crystal engineering; Crystallization; DNA replication; DNA binding domain; DREF; Fusion protein; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DNA REPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030861664     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560060822     Document Type: Article

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