The structure of a chromosomal high mobility group protein-DNA complex reveals sequence-neutral mechanisms important for non-sequence-specific DNA recognition

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 6610-6618

  Murphy IV, Frank V ^a,b   Sweet, Robert M ^c   Churchill, Mair E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatin; DNA binding; HMG domain; Nonsequence specific; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN; LYMPHOID ENHANCER FACTOR 1;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUKARYOTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0033485515     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.23.6610     Document Type: Article

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