The GCN4 leucine zipper can functionally substitute for the heat shock transcription factor's trimerization domain

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 273, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-74

  Drees, Becky L ^a,b   Grotkopp, Eva K ^a,c   Nelson, Hillary C M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chimera; Coiled coil; Heat shock transcription factor; Leucine zipper; Trimerization

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; REPETITIVE DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; DNA SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031576350     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1283     Document Type: Article

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