Mutations affecting the high affinity ATPase center of gpA, the large subunit of bacteriophage λ terminase, inactivate the endonuclease activity of terminase

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 261, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 524-535

  Hwang, Young ^a   Feiss, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Concatemer processing; DNA translocation; Genome encapsidation; Virus assembly; Virus DNA packaging

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIOPHAGE DNA; ENDONUCLEASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; VIRUS ENZYME;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; ENZYME SUBUNIT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA;

EID: 0030606851     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0480     Document Type: Article

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