DNA Recognition by the Brinker Repressor - An Extreme Case of Coupling Between Binding and Folding

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 361, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 659-672

  Cordier, Florence ^a   Hartmann, Britta ^a   Rogowski, Marco ^a   Affolter, Markus ^a   Grzesiek, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

heteronuclear NMR; protein dynamics; protein folding; protein DNA interaction; transcription factor

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BINDING PROTEIN; BRINKER REPRESSOR PROTEIN; CENTROMERE BINDING PROTEIN; DNA; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HYDROGEN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSPOSASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADDITION REACTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 33746786029     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.06.045     Document Type: Article

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