The role of lysine 55 in determining the specificity of the purine repressor for its operators through minor groove interactions

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 291, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 347-361

  Glasfeld, Arthur ^a,b   Koehler, Angela N ^a,b   Schumacher, Maria A ^a   Brennan, Richard G ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REED COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA binding protein; Minor groove binding; Purine repressor; Transcription regulation; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ALANINE; CYTOSINE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GUANINE; LYSINE; PURINE; THYMINE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032804235     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2946     Document Type: Article

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