Metal- and DNA-binding properties and mutational analysis of the transcription activating factor, B, of coliphage 186: A prokaryotic C4 zinc- finger protein

Protein Science

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 892-902

  Pountney, Dean L ^a   Tiwari, Ravi P ^b   Egan, J Barry ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

bacteriophage; cadmium substitution; Ogr; P2; zinc finger

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; GENE PRODUCT; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BACTERIOPHAGE; BINDING SITE; COLIPHAGE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; METAL BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0030909821     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560060416     Document Type: Article

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