Solution structure of the first three zinc fingers of TFIIIA bound to the cognate DNA sequence: Determinants of affinity and sequence specificity

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 273, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 183-206

  Wuttke, Deborah S ^a,b   Foster, Mark P ^a,c   Case, David A ^a   Gottesfeld, Joel M ^a   Wright, Peter E ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

NMR structure; Protein DNA recognition; TFIIIA; Zinc finger

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HISTIDINE; LYSINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRYPTOPHAN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; ENTROPY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0031576363     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1291     Document Type: Article

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