Identifying DNA-binding proteins using structural motifs and the electrostatic potential

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 32, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 4732-4741

  Shanahan, Hugh P ^c   Garcia, Mario A ^a   Jones, Susan ^b   Thornton, Janet M ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SAN PABLO CEU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HELIX HAIRPIN HELIX PROTEIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; BIOLOGY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN DATABASE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; BINDING SITES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DATABASES, PROTEIN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROSTATICS; GENOMICS; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; HELIX-TURN-HELIX MOTIFS; MODELS, MOLECULAR;

EID: 4444343959     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh803     Document Type: Article

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