The crystal structure of the DNA-binding domain of vIRF-1 from the oncogenic KSHV reveals a conserved fold for DNA binding and reinforces its role as a transcription factor

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 4295-4306

  Hew, Kelly ^a   Dahlroth, Sue Li ^a   Venkatachalam, Rajakannan ^a   Nasertorabi, Fariborz ^a   Lim, Bee Ting ^a   Cornvik, Tobias ^a   Nordlund, Pär ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 1; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; THERMAL STABILITY SHIFT ASSAY;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTORS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; VIRAL PROTEINS;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8;

EID: 84876542196     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt082     Document Type: Article

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