DNA-binding properties of the tandem HMG boxes of high-mobility-group protein 1 (HMG1)

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 253, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 787-795

  Grasser, Klaus D ^a   Teo, Soo Hwang ^a   Lee, Keng Boon ^a   Broadhurst, R William ^a   Rees, Christine ^a   Hardman, Colin H ^a   Thomas, Jean O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Biochemistry   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA bending; Four way junction; High mobility group protein 1 (HMG1); NMR; Supercoiling

Indexed keywords

DNA; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP B1 PROTEIN; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHIRONOMIDAE; DNA BINDING; DNA SUPERCOILING; DROSOPHILA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BINDING SITES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; KINETICS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ARACHNIDA; CHIRONOMIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0032079906     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2530787.x     Document Type: Article

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