Computational and experimental probes of symmetry mismatches in the Arc repressor-DNA complex

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 340, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 253-261

  Spector, Shari ^a,b   Sauer, Robert T ^a   Tidor, Bruce ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

Author keywords

continuum electrostatics; DNA binding protein; EMSA, electrophoretic mobility shift assay; protein DNA interactions; scArc, single chain Arc repressor

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; DIMER; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GLUTAMINE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN ARC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; ELECTRICITY; GENE MUTATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; REPRESSOR GENE; WILD TYPE;

EID: 2942601118     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.04.026     Document Type: Article

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