Structural flexibility and functional interaction of mediator Cdk8 module

Protein and Cell

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 911-920

  Wang, Xuejuan ^a   Wang, Jianye ^a   Ding, Zhenrui ^a   Ji, Jinhua ^a   Sun, Qianqian ^a   Cai, Gang ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Cdk8 kinase module; Mediator; transcription regulation

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 8;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE 8; HUMANS; MEDIATOR COMPLEX; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EID: 84890013339     PISSN: 1674800X     EISSN: 16748018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13238-013-3069-y     Document Type: Article

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