DNA binding specificities of the long zinc-finger recombination protein PRDM9

Genome Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Billings, Timothy ^a   Parvanov, Emil D ^b   Baker, Christopher L ^a   Walker, Michael ^a   Paigen, Kenneth ^a   Petkov, Petko M ^a  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

DNA binding; EMSA; PRDM9; Recombination hotspots; Zinc finger proteins

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; PR DOMAIN MEMBER 9 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; DNA; HISTONE LYSINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; PRDM9 PROTEIN, MOUSE; PROTEIN BINDING;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HAPLOTYPE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIF;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; DNA; HISTONE-LYSINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 84876672046     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2013-14-4-r35     Document Type: Article

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