Structure of an XRCC1 BRCT domain: A new protein-protein interaction module

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 6404-6411

  Zhang, Xiaodong ^a   Moréra, Solange ^a,b   Bates, Paul A ^a   Whitehead, Philip C ^a   Coffer, Arnold I ^a   Hainbucher, Karl ^a,c   Nash, Rachel A ^a   Sternberg, Michael J E ^a   Lindahl, Tomas ^a   Freemont, Paul S ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b LABORATOIRE D ENZYMOLOGIE ET BIOCHIMIE STRUCTURALES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

BRCA1; BRCT; Protein protein interaction; X ray crystallography; XRCC1

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; BREAST CANCER; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA REPAIR; FAMILIAL CANCER; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; ONCOGENE; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BRCA1 PROTEIN; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIMERIZATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 0032476599     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.21.6404     Document Type: Article

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