An improved predictive recognition model for Cys2-His 2 zinc finger proteins

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 4800-4812

  Gupta, Ankit ^a   Christensen, Ryan G ^b   Bell, Heather A ^c   Goodwin, Mathew ^d   Patel, Ronak Y ^b   Pandey, Manishi ^b   Enuameh, Metewo Selase ^a   Rayla, Amy L ^a   Zhu, Cong ^a   Thibodeau Beganny, Stacey ^d   Brodsky, Michael H ^a   Joung, J Keith ^d,e   Wolfe, Scot A ^a   Stormo, Gary D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; HISTIDINE; PROTEIN BCL 6; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MODEL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIFS; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 84899846624     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku132     Document Type: Article

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