Structures of CSL, Notch and Mastermind proteins: piecing together an active transcription complex

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 117-127

  Kovall, Rhett A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; DNA; NOTCH1 RECEPTOR;

PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, NOTCH; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EID: 33846928274     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2006.11.004     Document Type: Review

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