Molecular architecture of the DNA-binding region and its relationship to classification of basic helix-loop-helix proteins

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 192-202

  Atchley, William R ^a   Zhao, Jieping ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bHLH proteins; Computational biology; DNA binding specificity; Molecular architecture; Molecular evolution; Multivariate statistics

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DIMERIZATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DNA BINDING; ELECTRICITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR SIZE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLARIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BINDING SITES; CODON; DIMERIZATION; DNA; ELECTROSTATICS; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBICITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 33845907935     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msl143     Document Type: Article

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