Cooperative DNA-binding and sequence-recognition mechanism of aristaless and clawless

EMBO Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1613-1623

  Miyazono, Ken Ichi ^a   Zhi, Yuehua ^a   Takamura, Yuriko ^a   Nagata, Koji ^a   Saigo, Kaoru ^b   Kojima, Tetsuya ^b   Tanokura, Masaru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Development; Gene regulation; Homeodomain

Indexed keywords

DNA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 77951974495     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2010.53     Document Type: Article

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