The Extended Left-Handed Helix: A Simple Nucleic Acid-Binding Motif

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 330-338

  Hicks, Joshua M ^a   Hsu, Victor L ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

32 helix; Bioinformatics; Nucleic acid binding; PPII; Protein structure; Secondary structure

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; GENE PRODUCT; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; NUCLEIC ACID; NUCLEIC ACID BASE; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; PHOSPHATE; PROLINE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN NOVA 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; EBV ENCODED NUCLEAR ANTIGEN 1; EBV-ENCODED NUCLEAR ANTIGEN 1; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS ANTIGEN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; NOVA2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PAIRED PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; PEPTIDE; POLYPROLINE; PROTEIN; PRRX1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ALGORITHM; ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; DROSOPHILA; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DATABASE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ALGORITHMS; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DATABASES, PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS NUCLEAR ANTIGENS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 1842427563     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.10630     Document Type: Article

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