Structural basis for DNA recognition by the human PAX3 homeodomain

Biochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1148-1155

  Birrane, Gabriel ^a   Soni, Aditi ^a   Ladias, John A A ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD INSTITUTES OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOMAL TRANSLOCATIONS; DNA HELIXES; DNA RECOGNITION; DNA-BINDING DOMAINS; FUSION GENES; HOMEODOMAIN; MEDIATED INTERACTIONS; MINOR GROOVES; MOLECULAR MECHANISMS; MYOGENESIS; N TERMINALS; NEUROGENESIS; PAIRED DOMAINS; PALINDROMIC; PHOSPHATE BACKBONES; PROTEIN-DNA INTERACTIONS; REGULATORY PROTEINS; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; STRUCTURAL BASIS; WATER MOLECULES;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA; GENES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; NUCLEIC ACIDS; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SUGARS; TRANSCRIPTION;

DNA SEQUENCES;

DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX3;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA STRUCTURE; HUMAN; MISSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; WAARDENBURG SYNDROME;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION, MISSENSE; NUCLEOPROTEINS; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STATIC ELECTRICITY; WAARDENBURG'S SYNDROME;

EID: 64349102568     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi802052y     Document Type: Article

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