The three-dimensional structure of the vnd/NK-2 homeodomain-DNA complex by NMR spectroscopy

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 289, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 529-545

  Gruschus, James M ^a   Tsao, Désirée H H ^b   Wang, Lan Hsiang ^a   Nirenberg, Marshall ^a   Ferretti, James A ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA binding specificity; Mutation; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Protein DNA interaction; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; CARBON 13; GLUTAMINE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LEUCINE; LYSINE; NITROGEN 15; PROTON; THREONINE;

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HYDROGEN BOND; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARACHNIDA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0033546260     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2774     Document Type: Article

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