Recognition of the DNA minor groove by pyrrole-imidazole polyamides

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 284-299

  Dervan, Peter B ^a   Edelson, Benjamin S ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 METHYLIMIDAZOLE; 1 METHYLPYRROLE; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; POLYAMIDE;

BASE MISPAIRING; BASE PAIRING; BINDING AFFINITY; COVALENT BOND; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYDROGEN BOND; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; REVIEW; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037832279     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(03)00081-2     Document Type: Review

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