DNA sequence-specific recognition by a transcriptional regulator requires indirect readout of A-tracts

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3252-3261

  Mendieta, Jesús ^a   Pérez Lago, Laura ^a   Salas, Margarita ^a   Camacho, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; BACTERIAL DNA; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; PROTEIN P4; REGULATOR PROTEIN; THYMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; P4 PROTEIN, BACTERIOPHAGE PHI 29; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BASE PAIRING; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; SIMULATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; BACILLUS PHAGE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING;

BACILLUS PHAGES; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA, VIRAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 34250890728     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm180     Document Type: Article

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