Electrostatic effects in homeodomain-DNA interactions

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 267, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 368-381

  Fogolari, F ^a,b   Elcock, A H ^b   Esposito, G ^a   Viglino, P ^a   Briggs, J M ^b   McCammon, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA binding proteins; Electrostatics; Homeodomain; Poisson Boltzmann; Protein DNA interactions

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRICITY; ENTROPY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0031588927     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0842     Document Type: Editorial

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