Definitive Role of Polar Residue Clusters in B-DNA Major Groove Recognition by Protein Factors

Molecular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 232-239

  Chirgadze, Yu N ^a   Larionova, E A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Binding site; DNA protein recognition module; Polar cluster; Regulatory factor; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; DNA B; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN P50; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; REGULATOR PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; STAT3 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ATOM; DNA BINDING MOTIF; DNA HELIX; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; GENE CLUSTER; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037278577     PISSN: 00268933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023345605278     Document Type: Article

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