Specific Interactions of the Wing Domains of FOXA1 Transcription Factor with DNA

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 366, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 720-724

  Cirillo, Lisa A ^a   Zaret, Kenneth S ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA binding; FOX transcription factors; hydroxyl radical footprinting; wing domains

Indexed keywords

DNA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3ALPHA; POLYPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHROMATIN; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEVELOPMENT; DNA HELIX; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33846589909     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.11.087     Document Type: Article

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