Molecular models of acidic peptides from pea bud chromatin and seminal plasma. Divalent cations-mediated interaction with DNA

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 380, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-40

  Mancinelli, Loretta ^a   Chillemi, Francesco ^b   Cardellini, Elena ^a   Marsili, Valeria ^a   Giavarini, Flavio ^b   De Angelis, Leonardo ^b   Lugaro, Giuseppe ^b   Gianfranceschi, Gian Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chromatin peptides; FIB+ mass spectrometry; Peptide molecular models; Peptide DNA interaction

Indexed keywords

ACID PROTEIN; COPPER ION; DIVALENT CATION; DNA; FERROUS ION; MAGNESIUM ION; PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST ATOM BOMBARDMENT MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; SEMINAL PLASMA; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CATIONS, DIVALENT; CATTLE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DNA; HL-60 CELLS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OLIGOPEPTIDES; PEAS; PLANT PROTEINS; SEMEN; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, FAST ATOM BOMBARDMENT;

PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 0032959155     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.1999.004     Document Type: Article

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