Structural and functional consequences of mutations within the hydrophobic cores of the HMG1-box domain of the Chironomus high-mobility-group protein 1a

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 243, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 151-159

  Wiśniewski, Jacek R ^a   Hessler, Katja ^a   Claus, Peter ^a   Zechel, Kasper ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA bending; DNA binding; High mobility group protein 1 (HMG1); High mobility group protein 1 box domain; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

SYNAPSIN I;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA BINDING; DNA STRUCTURE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; INSECT; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0031030055     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.0151a.x     Document Type: Article

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