Structural insights into Paf1 complex assembly and histone binding

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 41, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 10619-10629

  Chu, Xinlei ^a   Qin, Xiaohong ^a   Xu, Huisha ^a   Li, Lei ^a   Wang, Zheng ^a   Li, Fengzhi ^a   Xie, Xingqiao ^a   Zhou, Hao ^a   Shen, Yuequan ^a,b   Long, Jiafu ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Synergetic Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN LEO1; PROTEIN PAF1; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; BINDING AFFINITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSCRIPTION ELONGATION;

DIMERIZATION; HEK293 CELLS; HISTONES; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84890411730     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt819     Document Type: Article

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