Probing the physical basis for trp repressor-operator recognition

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 287, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 539-554

  Grillo, Adeola O ^a   Brown, Martha P ^a   Royer, Catherine A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Affinity; Cooperativity; Molecular recognition; Protein DNA interactions

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOSINE; DIMER; DNA; GUANINE; LIGAND; PEPTIDE; PHOSPHATE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; THYMINE; TRYPTOPHAN; WATER;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; COOPERATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; OPERATOR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA BINDING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033515527     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2625     Document Type: Article

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