Conformational changes induced in Hoxb-8/Pbx-1 heterodimers in solution and upon interaction with specific DNA

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 5369-5376

  Sánchez, Manuel ^a   Jennings, Patricia A ^a   Murre, Cornelis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 1842414314     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.9.5369     Document Type: Article

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