Activator recruitment by the general transcription machinery: X-ray structural analysis of the Oct-1 POU domain/human U1 octamer/SNAP190 peptide ternary complex

Genes and Development

Volumn 16, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 2772-2777

  Hovde, Stacy ^a   Hinkley, Craig S ^b   Strong, Katie ^a   Brooks, Aimee ^a   Gu, Liping ^b   William Henry, R ^b   Geiger, James ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Oct 1; SNAPc; Transcription; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

DNA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; PEPTIDE; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 190; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENHANCER REGION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HOST CELL FACTOR C1; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR-1; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA, SMALL NUCLEAR; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0036830540     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1021002     Document Type: Article

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