Peptide fragments of DNA topoisomerase II with helix-forming and coiled-coil-forming properties act as inhibitors of the enzyme

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 249, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 142-148

  Frère Gallois, Valérie ^a   Krebs, Daniel ^a   Scala, Denis ^a   Troalen, Frédéric ^a   Fermandjian, Serge ^a  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

Circular dichroism; Coiled coil; Peptide inhibitor; Topoisomerse II

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST;

EID: 0030848044     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.t01-1-00142.x     Document Type: Article

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