The mitochondrial transcription and packaging factor Tfam imposes a U-turn on mitochondrial DNA

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1290-1296

  Ngo, Huu B ^a   Kaiser, Jens T ^a   Chan, David C ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HU PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR A;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HELIX; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP BOX DOMAIN; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BASE SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; HMG-BOX DOMAINS; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 80555128721     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2159     Document Type: Article

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