NF-Y binding to twin CCAAT boxes: Role of Q-rich domains and histone fold helices

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 285, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1441-1455

  Liberati, Chiara ^a   Di Silvio, Alberto ^a   Ottolenghi, Sergio ^a   Mantovani, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bending; CCAAT; Histone fold domains; NF Y; Q rich

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GAMMA GLOBIN; HISTONE; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GLOBIN GENE; HALF LIFE TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0033613912     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2384     Document Type: Article

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