Topoisomerase II-mediated DNA cleavage: Evidence for distinct regions of enzyme-DNA contacts

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 259, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 317-324

  Alsner, Jan ^a,b   Sørensen, Henrik V ^a,c   Schmidt, Vibe K ^a   Sørensen, Boe S ^a,d   Westergaard, Ole ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cleavage religation reaction; DNA interaction domains; Mammalian; Suicide DNA substrate; Topoisomerase II

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DNA CLEAVAGE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0029934259     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0321     Document Type: Editorial

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