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Interaction of normal and mutant SRY proteins with DNA.
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences - 29 Nov 1995
Rimini R, Pontiggia A, Spada F, Ferrari S, Harley V R, Goodfellow P N, Bianchi M E
Abstract excerpt
In mammals, sex determination is caused by the Y-chromosome gene SRY. The DNA-binding domain of human SRY protein is similar to those of the chromatin protein HMG1. Like HMG1, SRY binds to kinked DNA structures, and bends linear DNA sharply upon binding. We analysed the biochemical properties of mutant SRY proteins from five patients with complete gonadal dysgenesis: two bind and bend DNA almost normally, two...
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