A folding transition and novel zinc finger accessory domain in the transcription factor ADR1

Nature Structural Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 478-485

  Bowers, Peter M ^a   Schaufler, Lawrence E ^a   Klevit, Rachel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SOLUTIONS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

RICKETTSIA SP. PAR;

EID: 0032950345     PISSN: 10728368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/8283     Document Type: Article

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