Folding of a dimeric β-barrel: Residual structure in the urea denatured state of the human papillomavirus E2 DNA binding domain

Protein Science

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 799-811

  Mok, Yu Keung ^b,d   Alonso, Leonardo G ^a   Lima, L Mauricio T R ^c   Bycroft, Mark ^b   De Prat Gay, Gonzalo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dimer; DNA binding; E2; Folding; Urea denatured state

Indexed keywords

DIMER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UREA; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WART VIRUS;

DNA VIRUSES; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 16; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPES; PAPILLOMAVIRUS;

EID: 0034049535     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.9.4.799     Document Type: Article

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