Structural insights into the interaction of the crenarchaeal chromatin protein Cren7 with DNA

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 749-759

  Zhang, Zhenfeng ^a   Gong, Yong ^b   Guo, Li ^a   Jiang, Tao ^b   Huang, Li ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; LEUCINE; PROTEIN CREN7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARCHAEAL DNA; ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; CHROMATIN; PROTEIN BINDING;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA SEQUENCE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMATIN; CONFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE;

CRENARCHAEOTA; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; CHROMATIN; DNA, ARCHAEAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

EID: 77951565302     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07136.x     Document Type: Article

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