Molecular zippers in gene regulation.
| Autor: | McKnight, S.L. |
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| Zdroj: | Scientific American; Apr91, Vol. 264 Issue 4, p54, 8p, 2 Color Photographs, 13 Diagrams |
| Abstrakt: | Insists that recurring copies of the amino acid leucine in proteins can serve as teeth that `zip' two protein molecules together. Furthermore, such zippering plays a role in turning genes on and off. Discovery of leucine zipper in 1987; Useful purpose of the orderly arrangement of leucines; Studies of C/EBP; Two benefits that heterodimeric regulatory proteins might offer an organism; More. |
| Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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