An induced fit mechanism regulates p53 DNA binding kinetics to confer sequence specificity.
Petty, T.J., Emamzadah, S., Costantino, L., Petkova, I., Stavridi, E.S., Saven, J.G., Vauthey, E., Halazonetis, T.D.(2011) Embo J. 30: 2167-2176
- PubMed: 21522129 
- DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2011.127
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- PubMed Abstract: 
The p53 tumour suppressor gene, the most frequently mutated gene in human cancer, encodes a transcription factor that contains sequence-specific DNA binding and homo-tetramerization domains. Interestingly, the affinities of p53 for specific and non-s ...