Engrailed homeodomain-DNA complex at 2.2 Å resolution: A detailed view of the interface and comparison with other engrailed structures

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 284, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 351-361

  Fraenkel, Ernest ^a   Rould, Mark A ^a,b   Chambers, Kristen A ^a,b   Pabo, Carl O ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA binding; Engrailed homeodomain; Folding; Specificity; X ray crystal structure

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DROSOPHILA; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; STEREOCHEMISTRY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032573434     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2147     Document Type: Article

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