Formation of the RFX gene regulatory complex induces folding of the interaction domain of RFXAP

Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 655-664

  Briggs, LaTese ^a   Laird, Kholiswa ^b   Boss, Jeremy M ^c   Garvie, Colin W ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Circular dichroism; Gene regulation; NMR; Protein folding

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; PROTEIN RFX5; PROTEIN RFXAP; PROTEIN RFXB; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA BINDING; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRAFT REJECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATOR GENE; RFX GENE; RFXAP GENE;

CALORIMETRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 68049128319     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: 10970134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prot.22379     Document Type: Article

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