Understanding large multiprotein complexes: Applying a multiple allosteric networks model to explain the function of the Mediator transcription complex

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 159-163

  Lewis, Brian A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Graph theory; Mediator; Networks; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 7; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 8; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; HEMOGLOBIN; LIVER X RECEPTOR; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; RNA POLYMERASE II; SERINE PROTEINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIH; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ALLOSTERISM; ARTICLE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YEAST;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; ANIMALS; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE 8; MEDIATOR COMPLEX; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 73849144383     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.057216     Document Type: Article

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