Protein-DNA interactions: Amino acid conservation and the effects of mutations on binding specificity

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 320, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 991-1009

  Luscombe, Nicholas M ^a   Thornton, Janet M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Protein DNA interactions; Sequence conservation; Structural biology; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DNA BASE;

ARTICLE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA SEQUENCE; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION;

EID: 0036074510     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)00571-5     Document Type: Article

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