Crystal structure of the minimalist Max-e47 protein chimera

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Ahmadpour, Faraz ^a   Ghirlando, Rodolfo ^b   de Jong, Antonia T ^c   Gloyd, Melanie ^a   Shin, Jumi A ^c   Guarné, Alba ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DNA; MAX PROTEIN; PROTEIN E47; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BASIC LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; HYBRID PROTEIN; MYC ASSOCIATED FACTOR X; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 3;

ARTICLE; CHIMERA; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BASIC-LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 3;

EID: 84857614582     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032136     Document Type: Article

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