Differential zinc and DNA binding by partial peptides of human protamine HP2

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 222, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 97-106

  Bal, W ^a,b   Dyba, M ^a   Szewczuk, Z ^a   Jezowska Bojczuk, M ^a   Lukszo, J ^c   Ramakrishna, G ^b   Kasprzak, K S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA; Protamine P2; Protamine peptides; Protamine zinc binding; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; DNA; HISTIDINE; PEPTIDE; PROTAMINE; THIOL GROUP; ZINC;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULE; OXIDATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRECIPITATION; SPERM;

BINDING SITES; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; POTENTIOMETRY; PROTAMINES; ZINC;

EID: 0034813567     PISSN: 03008177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1017971525105     Document Type: Article

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