Relationship between folding and function in a sequence-specific miniature DNA-binding protein

Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 7469-7478

  Yang, Loretta ^a,b   Schepartz, Alanna ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LA JOLLA BIOENGINEERING INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; HYDROPHOBICITY; POLYPEPTIDES; PROTEINS;

DNA AFFINITY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; PANCREATIC POLYPEPTIDES;

DNA;

AMINO ACID; DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; DNA BINDING; MUTAGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BASIC-LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; G-BOX BINDING FACTORS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

AVES;

EID: 18844367477     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi050121h     Document Type: Article

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