Integration host factor: Putting a twist on protein-DNA recognition

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 330, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 493-502

  Lynch, Thomas W ^a   Read, Erik K ^b,c   Mattis, Aras N ^b   Gardner, Jeffrey F ^b   Rice, Phoebe A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Gel shift assay; Indirect readout; Mutants; Protein DNA interactions; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; DNA; INTEGRATION HOST FACTOR; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING MOTIF; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; WILD TYPE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0038047138     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00529-1     Document Type: Article

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