From keys to bulldozers: Expanding roles for winged helix domains in nucleic-acid-binding proteins

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 364-371

  Harami, Gábor M ^a   Gyimesi, Máté ^a   Kovács, Mihály ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Helicase; Helix turn helix; Protein DNA interaction; RecQ; RNA; Z DNA

Indexed keywords

BLOOM SYNDROME HELICASE; CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; DNA Z; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; ELONGATION FACTOR; HELICASE; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3GAMMA; INTERFERON REGULATORY FACTOR; LA ANTIGEN; LAMBDA EXCISION A REPRESSOR; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLATED DNA PROTEIN CYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; RECQ HELICASE; RECQ1 HELICASE; RECQ5 HELICASE; REPLICATION FACTOR A; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; RNA HELICASE; ROTHMUND THOMSON SYNDROME HELICASE; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; SINGLE STRANDED RNA; SKI2 RNA HELICASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR E2F4; TRANSLATION ELONGATION FACTOR SELB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WERNER SYNDROME PROTEIN; WINGED HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

DNA METABOLISM; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE INTERACTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN NUCLEIC ACID INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE; WINGED HELIX DOMAIN;

ANIMALS; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; WINGED-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84879424236     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2013.04.006     Document Type: Review

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