Structure of a HoxB1-Pbx1 heterodimer bound to DNA: Role of the hexapeptide and a fourth homeodomain helix in complex formation

Cell

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 587-597

  Piper, Derek E ^a   Batchelor, Adrian H ^a,c   Chang, Ching Pin ^b   Cleary, Michael L ^b   Wolberger, Cynthia ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; GENE INSERTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033582545     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80662-5     Document Type: Article

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