The structure of p53 tumour suppressor protein reveals the basis for its functional plasticity

EMBO Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 5191-5200

  Okorokov, Andrei L ^a,b   Sherman, Michael B ^c,h   Plisson, Celia ^d   Grinkevich, Vera ^e   Sigmundsson, Kristmundur ^f   Selivanova, Galina ^e   Milner, Jo ^g   Orlova, Elena V ^d  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^h University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryoelectron microscopy; p53; Single particle analysis; Structure; Tumour suppressor

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P53; TETRAMER;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 33750486164     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601382     Document Type: Article

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