DNA-binding specificity of Mcm1: Operator mutations that alter DNA- bending and transcriptional activities by a MADS box protein

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1881-1889

  Acton, Thomas B ^a   Zhong, Hualin ^a   Vershon, Andrew K ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BINDING AFFINITY; CROSS LINKING; DNA BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YEAST;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030950532     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.4.1881     Document Type: Article

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