Characterization of structural variability sheds light on the specificity determinants of the interaction between effector domains and histone tails

Epigenetics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-148

  Lois, Sergi ^a   Aakizu, Naiara ^b   de Xaxars, Gemma Mas ^b   Vázquez, Iago ^b   Martínez Balbás, Marian ^b   de la Cruz, Xavier ^b,c  

^a Institut de Medicina Predictiva I Personalitzada del Càncer IMPPC   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epigenetic regulator specificity; Histone binding mode; Histone disorder; Histone effector interaction; Lysine post translational modifications; Modification of histone tails

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; LYSINE; LIGAND; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; BINDING SITES; HISTONES; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 77954000879     PISSN: 15592294     EISSN: 15592308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/epi.5.2.11079     Document Type: Article

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