Crystal structure of λ-Cro bound to a consensus operator at 3.0 Å resolution

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 280, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 137-151

  Albright, Ronald A ^a   Matthews, Brian W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage lambda; Conformational change; Cro; Helix turn helix; Repressor

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; OPERATOR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0032479329     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1848     Document Type: Article

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