Molecular characterization of a tetramolecular complex between dsDNA and a DNA-binding leucine zipper peptide dimer by mass spectrometry

Bioconjugate Chemistry

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 335-344

  Deterding, Leesa J ^a   Kast, Juergen ^b   Przybylski, Michael ^b   Tomer, Kenneth B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; DIMERIZATION; DIMERS; DNA; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; IONIZATION OF GASES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

DNA-BINDING; DNA-BINDING DOMAIN; GENE TRANSCRIPTIONS; LEUCINE ZIPPER PEPTIDES; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION; NON-COVALENT COMPLEXES; RECOGNITION SEQUENCE; SPECIFIC INTERACTION; STRUCTURAL MOTIFS;

PEPTIDES;

EID: 0034117687     PISSN: 10431802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bc990123c     Document Type: Article

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