Crystal structure of the breakage-reunion domain of DNA gyrase

Nature

Volumn 388, Issue 6645, 1997, Pages 903-906

  Morais Cabral, João H ^a   Jackson, Andrew P ^a   Smith, Clare V ^a   Shikotra, Nita ^a   Maxwell, Anthony ^a   Liddington, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DIMER; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TYROSINE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DNA SUPERCOILING; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE II; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0000301456     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/42294     Document Type: Article

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