Crystal structure of the two-RRM domain of hnRNP A1 (UP1) complexed with single-stranded telomeric DNA

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1102-1115

  Ding, Jianzhong ^a,b   Hayashi, Mariko K ^a,b   Zhang, Ying ^a,b   Manche, Lisa ^b   Krainer, Adrian R ^b   Xu, Rui Ming ^a,b  

^a W M Keck Structural Biology Laboratory   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

Author keywords

hnRNP A1; RNA recognition motif; Telomere; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

DNA; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA STRAND; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TELOMERE;

EID: 0033134777     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.9.1102     Document Type: Article

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