The BED finger, a novel DNA-binding domain in chromatin-boundary-element-binding proteins and transposases

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 421-423

  Aravind, L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSPOSASE;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN; DNA BINDING; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; DROSOPHILA; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAGS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0034284435     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0004(00)01620-0     Document Type: Article

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