Elucidating the domain architecture and functions of non-core RAG1: The capacity of a non-core zinc-binding domain to function in nuclear import and nucleic acid binding

BMC Biochemistry

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Arbuckle, Janeen L ^a,c   Rahman, Negar S ^a   Zhao, Shuying ^a,d   Rodgers, William ^b   Rodgers, Karla K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; RAG1 PROTEIN; DNA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NUCLEIC ACID; RAG 1 PROTEIN; RAG-1 PROTEIN; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR IMPORT; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURAL BIOINFORMATICS; ZINC FINGER MOTIF; ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; ZINC;

EID: 79956220059     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2091-12-23     Document Type: Article

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