Analysis of nucleic acid binding by a recombinant translin-trax complex

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 396, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 709-713

  Lluis, Matthew ^a   Hoe, Warren ^a   Schleit, Jennifer ^a   Robertus, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Nucleotide binding; Polarization assay; Translin; Trax

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GUANINE; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEIC ACID; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT TRANSLIN; RECOMBINANT TRANSLIN ASSOCIATED FACTOR X PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSLIN; TRANSLIN ASSOCIATED FACTOR X PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; DNA SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA SEQUENCE; RNA TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 77953230267     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.04.166     Document Type: Article

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