A Dictyostelium protein binds to distinct oligo(dA)·oligo(dT) DNA sequences in the C-module of the retrotransposable element DRE

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 265, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 441-448

  Horn, Jens ^a   Dietz Schmidt, Anja ^a   Zündorf, Ilse ^a   Garin, Jérôme ^b   Dingermann, Theodor ^a   Winckler, Thomas ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Lab de Chimie de Coordination   (France)

Author keywords

AT rich DNA; Dictyostelium; Distamycin; Minor groove; Retrotransposon

Indexed keywords

CONGOCIDINE; DISTAMYCIN A; DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; RETROPOSON;

DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033214831     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00768.x     Document Type: Article

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