Role of an Ncap residue in determining the stability and operator-binding affinity of Arc repressor

Biophysical Chemistry

Volumn 100, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 341-350

  Anderson, Thomas A ^a   Sauer, Robert T ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arc repressor; Protein stability; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OPERATOR GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DATABASE; PROTEIN STABILITY; RECEPTOR BINDING; REPRESSOR GENE; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0037438480     PISSN: 03014622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4622(02)00291-0     Document Type: Article

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