A reinterpretation of the dimerization interface of the N-terminal domains of STATs

Protein Science

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 361-365

  Chen, Xiaomin ^a   Bhandari, Rashna ^b   Vinkemeier, Uwe ^c   Den Akker, Focco Van ^d   Darnell Jr , James E ^e   Kuriyan, John ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR MOLEKULARE PHARMAKOLOGIE   (Germany)

^d LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperative DNA binding; Dimerization; STAT

Indexed keywords

DIMER; DNA; OLIGOMER; STAT4 PROTEIN; TETRAMER;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; DNA BINDING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION;

EID: 0037304457     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.0218903     Document Type: Article

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