Long-range effects on dynamics in a temperature-sensitive mutant of trp repressor

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 285, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 361-378

  Jin, Lihua ^a   Fukayama, June Wong ^a   Pelczer, István ^a   Carey, Jannette ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptability; Ligand binding; Protein flexibility

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PHENYLALANINE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN; UREA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA BINDING; DNA HELIX; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FLUORESCENCE; GENE MUTATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0033534367     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2311     Document Type: Article

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