Nuclear magnetic resonance analysis of protein-DNA interactions

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 8, Issue 61, 2011, Pages 1065-1078

  Campagne, S ^a,b   Gervais, V ^a,b   Milon, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE PHARMACOLOGIE ET DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

Author keywords

Nuclear magnetic resonance; Protein DNA complex; Structural biology

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STRATEGY; MACROMOLECULAR COMPLEXES; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; PROTEIN-DNA COMPLEXES; PROTEIN-DNA INTERACTIONS; STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY; TARGET RECOGNITION;

COMPLEXATION; DNA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PROTEINS;

RESONANCE;

DNA; PROTEIN;

DNA BINDING; DNA STRUCTURE; MACROMOLECULE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REVIEW; STRUCTURAL PROTEOMICS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 79960109313     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2010.0543     Document Type: Review

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