Structural basis of the TAL effector-DNA interaction

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 393, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1055-1066

  Bochtler, Matthias ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cipher; Structure; Transcription activator like effector (TALE)

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; DNA; GLYCINE; TRANSCRIPTION ACTIVATOR LIKE EFFECTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER NUCLEASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PLANT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; TRANSGENICS; VIRULENCE; XANTHOMONAS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84869465031     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2012-0164     Document Type: Review

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