The crystal structure of an intact human Max-DNA complex: New insights into mechanisms of transcriptional control

Structure

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 509-520

  Brownlie, P ^a,b   Ceska, T A ^b   Lamers, M ^b   Romier, C ^b   Stier, G ^b   Teo, H ^b   Suck, D ^b  

^a MRC CENTRE FOR PROTEIN ENGINEERING   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA binding; helix loop helix; leucine zipper; Max; transcription factor; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031569798     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(97)00207-4     Document Type: Article

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