Refined structure of Cro repressor protein from bacteriophage λ suggests both flexibility and plasticity

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 280, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 129-136

  Ohlendorf, Douglas H ^a   Tronrud, Dale E ^a   Matthews, Brian W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage ; Cro repressor protein; Crystallographic structure; Flexibility; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0032479285     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1849     Document Type: Article

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