Determinants of protein-protein recognition by four helix bundles: Changing the dimerization specificity of Tet repressor

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 535-543

  Schnappinger, Dirk ^a   Schubert, Peter ^a   Pfleiderer, Klaus ^a   Hillen, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dimerization; Protein protein interaction; Tet repressor

Indexed keywords

TETRACYCLINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; DIMERIZATION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; REPRESSOR GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DIMERIZATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE; TETRACYCLINE;

EID: 0032518661     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.2.535     Document Type: Article

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