The solution structure of a fungal AREA protein-DNA complex: An alternative binding mode for the basic carboxyl tail of GATA factors

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 277, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 605-620

  Starich, Mary R ^a   Wikström, Mats ^a   Arst Jr , Herbert N ^b   Clore, G Marius ^a   Gronenborn, Angela M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AREA; cGATA 1 DBD; Class IV zinc finger; GATA transcription factors; NMR structure

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHICKEN; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING;

ASPERGILLUS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0032478523     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1625     Document Type: Article

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