Two Structures of a λ Cro Variant Highlight Dimer Flexibility but Disfavor Major Dimer Distortions upon Specific Binding of Cognate DNA

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 375, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 802-811

  Hall, Branwen M ^a   Roberts, Sue A ^a   Heroux, Annie ^b   Cordes, Matthew H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

crystal packing; dimerization; induced fit; transcription factor; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

DIMER; DNA; TETRAMER;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; DNA STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 37349002723     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.10.082     Document Type: Article

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