A class of zinc fingers involved in protein-protein interactions

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1030-1038

  Matthews, Jacqueline M ^a   Kowalski, Kasper ^a   Liew, Chu Kong ^a   Sharpe, Belinda K ^a   Fox, Archa H ^a   Crossley, Merlin ^a   Mackay, Joel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Protein protein interactions; Transcription; Zinc finger

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DROSOPHILA; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CYSTEINE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ERYTHROID-SPECIFIC DNA-BINDING FACTORS; HISTIDINE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES; ZINC; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 0033965643     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01095.x     Document Type: Article

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