Protein-DNA binding specificity predictions with structural models

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 33, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 5781-5798

  Morozov, Alexandre V ^a   Havranek, James J ^b   Baker, David ^b   Siggia, Eric D ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DNA; DNA BASE; HYDROGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CELL TYPE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY; EXPERIMENTATION; HYDROGEN BOND; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN FAMILY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOLVATION; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; EVALUATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN BINDING;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 27244460904     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gki875     Document Type: Article

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