SRY and human sex determination: The basic tail of the HMG box functions as a kinetic clamp to augment DNA bending

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 358, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 172-192

  Phillips, Nelson B ^a   Jancso Radek, Agnes ^a,c   Ittah, Varda ^b   Singh, Rupinder ^a   Chan, Ging ^a   Haas, Elisha ^b   Weiss, Michael A ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c ILLUMINA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Gonadal dysgenesis; Human development; Intersex abnormalities; Protein structure

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; LYMPHOID ENHANCER FACTOR 1; METHYLPHOSPHONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; DNA BINDING; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP BOX DOMAIN; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SRY GENE;

EID: 33645101318     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.01.060     Document Type: Article

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