The N-terminal fingers of chicken GATA-2 and GATA-3 are independent sequence-specific DNA binding domains

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2874-2882

  Pedone, Paolo V ^a   Omichinski, James G ^a   Nony, Pascale ^a   Trainor, Cecelia ^a   Gronenborn, Angela M ^a   Clore, G Marius ^a   Felsenfeld, Gary ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA binding proteins; Erythroid gene regulation; GATA proteins; Zinc fingers

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CHICKENS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GATA2 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GATA3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TITRIMETRY; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

GALLUS GALLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031011235     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.10.2874     Document Type: Article

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