Snf2 family ATPases and DExx box helicases: Differences and unifying concepts from high-resolution crystal structures

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 34, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 4160-4167

  Dürr, Harald ^a   Flaus, Andrew ^b   Owen Hughes, Tom ^b   Hopfner, Karl Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; DEXX BOX HELICASE; DNA; HELICASE; PROTEIN SNF2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; SNF2 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DROSOPHILA; ENERGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ZEBRA FISH; CHEMISTRY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; DNA HELICASES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 33749150994     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl540     Document Type: Review

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