Stability of folding structure of Zic zinc finger proteins

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 384, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 362-365

  Sakai Kato, Kumiko ^a,b   Umezawa, Yoshinori ^a   Mikoshiba, Katsuhiko ^c   Aruga, Jun ^c   Utsunomiya Tate, Naoko ^a  

^a MUSASHINO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chelating interactions; Circular dichroism; Hydrophobic interactions; Transcription factor; Zinc finger

Indexed keywords

UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZIC PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; ZINC ION;

ARTICLE; CHELATION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ELECTRICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; THERMOSTABILITY;

ANIMALS; CHELATING AGENTS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 65649121607     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.04.151     Document Type: Article

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