The structure and function of the replication terminator protein of Bacillus subtilis: Identification of the 'winged helix' DNA-binding domain

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3164-3173

  Pai, Karnire S ^a   Bussiere, Dirksen E ^a   Wang, Fenggang ^b   Hutchison III, Clyde A ^b   White, Stephen W ^a   Bastia, Deepak ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA protein interaction; Replication termination

Indexed keywords

APOPROTEIN; DIMER; HELICASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; REPLICATION TERMINATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; DNA REPLICATION; GENETIC SELECTION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030005544     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00679.x     Document Type: Article

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