Insights into the mechanism of heterodimerization from the 1H-NMR solution structure of the c-Myc-Max heterodimeric leucine zipper

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 281, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 165-181

  Lavigne, Pierre ^a   Crump, Matthew P ^a   Gagné, Stéphane M ^a   Hodges, Robert S ^a   Kay, Cyril M ^a   Sykes, Brian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Buried salt bridge; H bonds; Leucine zippers; Solution structure; Two dimensional 1H NMR

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DIMERIZATION; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; ONCOGENE C MYC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 0032493843     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1914     Document Type: Article

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