The acidic tail of the high mobility group protein HMG-D modulates the structural selectivity of DNA binding

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 266, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 66-75

  Payet, Dominique ^a   Travers, Andrew ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acidic domain; DNA bulges; DNA chaperones; HMG D; Negative supercoiling

Indexed keywords

ACID PROTEIN; CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; CURVED DNA; DNA B; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA BINDING; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SUPERCOILING; DROSOPHILA; LIGAND BINDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 0031566959     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0782     Document Type: Article

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