MH1 domain of Smad is a degraded homing endonuclease

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 307, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 31-37

  Grishin, Nick V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cys His box; Dwarfins; His Me finger endonucleases; HNH motif; Protein structure classification

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; SMAD PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; DNA STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0035896039     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.4486     Document Type: Article

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