Structural and functional characterisation of the DNA binding domain of the Aspergillus nidulans gene regulatory protein AreA

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics

Volumn 1648, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 84-89

  Chant, Alan ^a,b   Provatopoulou, Xenia ^a   Manfield, Iain W ^a,c   Kneale, G Geoff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Denaturation; DNA binding domain; Fluorescence; GATA protein; Zinc finger

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN AREA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; AREA PROTEIN, ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BINDING AFFINITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; FUNGAL GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; ZINC FINGER MOTIF; BINDING SITE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; EMERICELLA NIDULANS;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; BINDING SITES; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UREA;

EID: 1242341291     PISSN: 15709639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1570-9639(03)00109-2     Document Type: Article

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