Protein binding to simple repetitive sequences depends on DNA secondary structure(s)

Chromosome Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 163-166

  Maueler W ^a   Bassili, G ^a   Epplen, C ^a   Keyl, H G ^a   Epplen, J T ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Composite dinucleotide repeats; DNA secondary structure; Simple polypurine blocks; Trinucleotide diseases; Zinc dependent protein

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; FRATAXIN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; REPETITIVE DNA; TRINUCLEOTIDE; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

BINDING SITE; CELL TYPE; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BINDING; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; ZINC;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0033002804     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009275914130     Document Type: Short Survey

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