DNA bending due to specific p53 and p53 core domain-DNA interactions visualized by electron microscopy

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 294, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1015-1026

  Cherny, Dmitry I ^a,b   Striker, George ^a   Subramaniam, Vinod ^a   Jett, Stephen D ^a   Paleček, Emil ^c   Jovin, Thomas M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

DNA bending; Electron microscopy; p53; Specific DNA protein complex

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROTEIN P53;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0033544705     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3299     Document Type: Article

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