Exploring the DNA-recognition potential of homeodomains

Genome Research

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1889-1898

  Chu, Stephanie W ^a   Noyes, Marcus B ^a   Christensen, Ryan G ^b   Pierce, Brian G ^a   Zhu, Lihua J ^a   Weng, Zhiping ^a   Stormo, Gary D ^b   Wolfe, Scot A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; MOLECULAR LIBRARY; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DOCKING SIMULATION; PROTEIN BINDING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84867157760     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.139014.112     Document Type: Article

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