The NMR solution structure of the non-classical homeodomain from the rat liver LFB1/HNF1 transcription factor

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 267, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 673-683

  Schott, Oliver ^a   Billeter, Martin ^a   Leiting, Barbara ^a,b   Wider, Gerhard ^a   Wüthrich, Kurt ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Homeodomains; LFB1 HNF1 transcription factor; NMR; Protein structure; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; LIVER PROTEIN; NITROGEN 15; POLYPEPTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT;

EID: 0031552352     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.0905     Document Type: Article

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