The recognition of a noncanonical RNA base pair by a zinc finger protein

Chemistry and Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 585-597

  Blancafort, Pilar ^a,b,c   Steinberg, Sergey V ^a   Paquin, Bruno ^a   Klinck, Roscoe ^a,d   Scott, Jamie K ^b   Cedergren, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Ribotargets Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doble helix structure; Geometry; Major groove; Phage display; Protein nucleic acid interaction; Zinc finger

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033179480     PISSN: 10745521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1074-5521(99)80091-X     Document Type: Article

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