Mechanisms of DNA-binding specificity and functional gene regulation by transcription factors

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2016, Pages 68-74

  Smith, Ngaio C ^a   Matthews, Jacqueline M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84973494701     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: 1879033X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2016.05.006     Document Type: Review

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