Insights into nonspecific binding of homeodomains from a structure of MATα2 bound to DNA

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 544-551

  Aishima, Jun ^a,b   Wolberger, Cynthia ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA binding protein; Homeodomain; Nonspecific binding; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; DNA SEQUENCE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0038617297     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.10375     Document Type: Article

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