The HU-DNA binding interaction probed with UV resonance Raman spectroscopy: Structural elements of specificity

Protein Science

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2416-2428

  Wojtuszewski, Kristi ^a,b   Mukerji, Ishita ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

A tracts; DNA bending; DNA binding; Protein DNA interactions; Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CURVED DNA; DEOXYRIBOSE; DNA; DNA A; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HU PROTEIN; LOOPED DNA; PHOSPHATE; PROLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA TRANSFER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTERCALATION COMPLEX; MODEL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MUTUALLY INDUCED FIT MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RESONANCE RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; VIBRATION;

BINDING SITES; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 4344645370     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.04730204     Document Type: Article

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