Importance of minor groove binding zinc fingers within the transcription factor IIIA-DNA complex

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 274, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 439-445

  Neely, Laura ^a   Trauger, John W ^b   Baird, Eldon E ^b   Dervan, Peter B ^b   Gottesfeld, Joel M ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

5 S RNA gene; DNA binding protein; Pyrrole imidazole polyamide; TFIIIA; Zinc finger

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; POLYAMIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031566037     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1411     Document Type: Editorial

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