Effect of G40R mutation on the binding of human SRY protein to DNA: A molecular dynamics view

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 101-113

  Tang, Yun ^a   Nilsson, Lennart ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

DNA binding proteins; High mobility group (HMG) box; Molecular dynamics; Point mutation; Sex determining region Y (SRY) protein

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN; TESTIS DETERMINING FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA STRUCTURE; GONADAL DYSGENESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; Y CHROMOSOME;

DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEX-DETERMINING REGION Y PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0033120695     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(19990401)35:1<101::AID-PROT10>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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