Flexing DNA: HMG-box proteins and their partners

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1573-1577

  Bianchi, Marco E ^a   Beltrame, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

DNA CONFORMATION; GENE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0032471965     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302170     Document Type: Article

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