FRET evidence for a conformational change in TFIIB upon TBP-DNA binding

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 271, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 792-800

  Zheng, Le ^a   Hoeflich, Klaus P ^a   Elsby, Laura M ^b   Ghosh, Mahua ^a   Roberts, Stefan G E ^b   Ikura, Mitsuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adenovirus major late promoter; Fluorescence resonance energy transfer; TATA box binding protein; TFIIB; VP16

Indexed keywords

CYAN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; DNA; HYBRID PROTEIN; TATA BINDING PROTEIN ASSOCIATED FACTOR; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA BINDING; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; ZINC FINGER MOTIF;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TATA-BOX BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIIB;

ADENOVIRIDAE; HERPES; SIMPLEXVIRUS;

EID: 1342343928     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.2004.03983.x     Document Type: Article

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