Structure of homeodomain-leucine zipper/DNA complexes studied using hydroxyl radical cleavage of DNA and methylation interference

Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 51, 2005, Pages 16796-16803

  Tron, Adriana E ^a,b   Comelli, Raul N ^a   Gonzalez, Daniel H ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; DIMERS; DNA; MONOMERS;

DNA COMPLEXES; NUCLEOTIDE;

PROTEINS;

ANTENNAPEDIA PROTEIN; DNA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HYDROXYL RADICAL; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE; PURINE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA METHYLATION; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; HELIANTHUS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HYDROXYL RADICAL; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 29344471654     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi0513150     Document Type: Article

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