Crystal structure of an IRF-DNA complex reveals novel DNA recognition and cooperative binding to a tandem repeat of core sequences

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 5028-5041

  Fujii, Yoshifumi ^c   Shimizu, Toshiyuki ^c   Kusumoto, Masahiro ^c   Kyogoku, Yoshimasa ^a   Taniguchi, Tadatsugu ^b   Hakoshima, Toshio ^d  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Base recognition; Cooperativity; IRF; Transcription factor; X ray

Indexed keywords

DNA; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TANDEM REPEAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR-2; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; METALS; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0033568642     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.18.5028     Document Type: Article

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