Nucleic-acid-binding properties of the C2-L1Tc nucleic acid chaperone encoded by L1Tc retrotransposon

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 424, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 479-490

  Heras, Sara R ^a   Thomas, M Carmen ^a   Macias, Francisco ^a   Patarroyo, Manuel E ^b,c   Alonso, Carlos ^d   López, Manuel C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PARASITOLOGÍA Y BIOMEDICINA LÓPEZ NEYRA   (Spain)

^b FUNDACIÓN INSTITUTO DE INMUNOLOGÍA DE COLOMBIA FIDIC   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^d CENTRO DE BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Double stranded nucleic acid; Long interspersed nuclear element (LINE); Nucleic acid binding; Nucleic acid chaperone; Retrotransposition; Single stranded nucleic acid; Trypanosoma cruzi; Zinc finger

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE-STRANDED NUCLEIC ACID; LONG INTERSPERSED NUCLEAR ELEMENT (LINE); RETROTRANSPOSITION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; ZINC FINGER;

AMINO ACIDS; BINDING ENERGY; BIOMOLECULES; DNA; DNA SEQUENCES; GENE ENCODING; ORGANIC ACIDS; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC;

NUCLEIC ACIDS;

CHAPERONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RETROPOSON; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; DNA; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; KINETICS; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RETROELEMENTS; RNA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; ZINC FINGERS;

TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 73149098339     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20090766     Document Type: Article

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