Mutagenesis study on the zebra fish SOX9 high-mobility group: Comparison of sequence and non-sequence specific HMG domains

Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 38, 2003, Pages 11183-11193

  Hsiao, Nai Wan ^a   Samuel, Dharmaraj ^a,b   Liu, Yu Nan ^a   Chen, Li Chuan ^a   Yang, Tzu Ying ^a   Jayaraman, Gurunathan ^a,c   Lyu, Ping Chiang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c The Voluntary Health Services Chennai   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CHEMICAL BONDS; DNA SEQUENCES; ELECTRIC CHARGE; HYDROPHOBICITY; PROTEINS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

HIGH-MOBILITY GROUP (HMG) DOMAINS;

MUTAGENESIS;

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP B1 PROTEIN; PHENYLALANINE; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA BINDING; DNA STRUCTURE; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTERCALATION COMPLEX; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STABILITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 0141456382     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi034678d     Document Type: Article

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