Structure of the GCM domain-DNA complex: A DNA-binding domain with a novel fold and mode of target site recognition

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1835-1845

  Cohen, Serge X ^a   Moulin, Martine ^a   Hashemolhosseini, Said ^b   Kilian, Karin ^b   Wegner, Michael ^b   Müller, Christoph W ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA recognition; Glia cells; Transcription factor; X ray crystal structure; Zn binding

Indexed keywords

DNA; GLIA CELL MISSING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC ION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING MOTIF; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; GENE TARGETING; MOUSE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; COS CELLS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA; MICE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEUROPEPTIDES; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; ZINC;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; METAZOA; MURINAE;

EID: 0037446946     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg182     Document Type: Article

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