DNA bending by Fos-Jun and the orientation of heterodimer binding depend on the sequence of the AP-1 site

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2917-2925

  Rajaram, Nirmala ^a   Kerppola, Tom K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic region; DNA curvature; Leucine zipper; Phasing analysis; Sequence dependence

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; GUANINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA STRUCTURE; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; ONCOGENE C FOS; ONCOGENE C JUN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING;

BINDING SITES; DIMERIZATION; DNA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-JUN; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-1;

EID: 0031008865     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.10.2917     Document Type: Article

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