Comprehensive interrogation of natural TALE DNA-binding modules and transcriptional repressor domains

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Cong, Le ^a,b,c   Zhou, Ruhong ^d   Kuo, Yu Chi ^a,b   Cunniff, Margaret ^a,b   Zhang, Feng ^a,b  

^a BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GUANINE; HISTIDINE; TRANSCRIPTION ACTIVATOR LIKE EFFECTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; BIOLOGY; CELL LINE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

CELL LINE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84864856835     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1962     Document Type: Article

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