Intramolecular synapsis of duplex DNA by vaccinia topoisomerase

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 6584-6589

  Shuman, Stewart ^a   Bear, David G ^b   Sekiguchi, JoAnn ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA loops; Plectonemic supercoils; Protein mediated synapsis; Recombination; Type I topoisomerase

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SUPERCOILING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; VACCINIA VIRUS; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS RECOMBINATION;

BINDING SITES; DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE I; DNA, CIRCULAR; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; POINT MUTATION; VACCINIA VIRUS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

VACCINIA; VACCINIA VIRUS;

EID: 0030774249     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.21.6584     Document Type: Article

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