Multiprotein-DNA complexes in transcriptional regulation

Annual Review of Biophysics and Biomolecular Structure

Volumn 28, Issue , 1999, Pages 29-56

  Wolberger, Cynthia ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Combinatorial control; Crystal structure; Gene regulation; Protein DNA interactions; Transcription

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN FOS; PROTEIN JUN; PROTEIN P50; RETINOID X RECEPTOR; SYNAPTOTAGMIN; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MAT ALPHA1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MAT ALPHA2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0033056554     PISSN: 10568700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.biophys.28.1.29     Document Type: Article

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