Prediction of the structure of the replication initiator protein DnaA

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-9

  Schaper, Sigrid ^a   Messer, Walter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

ATP binding; DNA binding protein; helix loop helix motif; open twisted structure; P loop; sequence alignment

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIC STRENGTH; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0030894736     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(199705)28:1<1::AID-PROT1>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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