The DNA binding specificity of engrailed homeodomain

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 276, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 529-536

  Draganescu, Alexandra ^a   Tullius, Thomas D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydroxyl radical footprinting; Methylation interference; Missing nucleoside experiment

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HYDROXYL RADICAL;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITOMETRY; DEVELOPMENT; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0032570750     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1567     Document Type: Article

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