The (gt)(n)(ga)(m) containing intron 2 of HLA-DRB alleles binds a zinc- dependent protein and forms non B-DNA structures

Gene

Volumn 226, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-23

  Mäueler, Winfried ^a   Bassili, Gergis ^a   Arnold, Rüdiger ^b   Renkawitz, Rainer ^b   Epplen, Jörg T ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Composite dinucleotide microsatellite; DNA secondary structures; HLA DRB1 alleles; Polymorphism; Zinc dependent protein

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HLA DR ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA STRUCTURE; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; DNA; HELA CELLS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; INTRONS; LYMPHOCYTES; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; ZINC;

EID: 0344096705     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00573-3     Document Type: Article

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