Two domains of superfamily I helicases may exist as separate proteins

Protein Science

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 178-180

  Koonin, Eugene V ^a   Rudd, Kenneth E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

ATPases; conserved amino acid motifs; domain evolution; helicases

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; HELICASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE;

EID: 0030065608     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560050124     Document Type: Article

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