Solution structure of the mu end DNA-binding Iβ subdomain of phage Mu transposase: Modular DNA recognition by two tethered domains

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 7532-7541

  Schumacher, Silke ^a   Clubb, Robert T ^a,c   Cai, Mengli ^a   Mizuuchi, Kiyoshi ^b   Clore, G Marius ^a   Gronenborn, Angela M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSPOSASE;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE MU; BINDING AFFINITY; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE MU; BINDING SITES; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA; HELIX-TURN-HELIX MOTIFS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SOLUTIONS; TRANSPOSASES;

EID: 0031464544     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.24.7532     Document Type: Article

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