The leucine zipper may induce electrophoretic mobility anomalies without DNA bending.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on December 10, 1996

Authors

R J McCormick1, T Badalian, D E Fisher

Author Affiliations

1: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

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