Structural and functional analysis of the MutS C-terminal tetramerization domain

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 34, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 5270-5279

  Manelyte, Laura ^a   Urbanke, Claus ^b   Giron Monzon, Luis ^a   Friedhoff, Peter ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; PROTEIN MUTH; PROTEIN MUTS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYPOTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MISMATCH REPAIR; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; DNA; DNA MISMATCH REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTS DNA MISMATCH-BINDING PROTEIN; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33750999943     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl489     Document Type: Article

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