The RecB protein of Escherichia coli translocates along single-stranded DNA in the 3' to 5' direction: A proposed ratchet mechanism

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 254, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 319-329

  Phillips, R J ^a   Hickleton, D C ^a,b   Boehmer, P E ^a,c   Emmerson, P T ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

3' to 5' helicase; 3' to 5' translocase; RecB; RecBC; RecBCD

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; HELICASE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; TRYPSIN;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030977227     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00008605     Document Type: Article

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