Thermodynamic analysis of the heterodimerization of leucine zippers of Jun and Fos transcription factors

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 375, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 634-638

  Seldeen, Kenneth L ^a   McDonald, Caleb B ^a   Deegan, Brian J ^a   Farooq, Amjad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

bZIP domain; Coupled folding dimerization; Isothermal titration calorimetry; Leucine zipper thermodynamics; Transcription factors Jun and Fos

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN FOS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR JUN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; DIMERIZATION; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; HEAT; ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

CALORIMETRY; DIMERIZATION; ENTROPY; HUMANS; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-JUN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 51449101008     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.08.058     Document Type: Article

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