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Review
. 2001 Nov;8(5):937-46.
doi: 10.1016/s1097-2765(01)00392-6.

Recognition of specific DNA sequences

C W Garvie  1 , C Wolberger
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Review

Recognition of specific DNA sequences

C W Garvie et al. Mol Cell. 2001 Nov.
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Abstract

Proteins that recognize specific DNA sequences play a central role in the regulation of transcription. The tremendous increase in structural information on protein-DNA complexes has uncovered a remarkable structural diversity in DNA binding folds, while at the same time revealing common themes in binding to target sites in the genome.

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