ATP-dependent resolution of R-loops at the ColE1 replication origin by Escherichia coli RecG protein, a Holliday junction-specific helicase

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 203-209

  Fukuoh, Atsushi ^a   Iwasaki, Hiroshi ^a   Ishioka, Ken ^a   Shinagawa, Hideo ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

R loop; RecG; Recombination; RNA DNA helicase; Stable DNA replication

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE BETA; HELICASE; PRIMER RNA; RIBONUCLEASE H; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; DNA SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; DNA TEMPLATE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE NUMBER; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCIN PLASMIDS; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE DOSAGE; HYDROLYSIS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; REPLICATION ORIGIN; RNA, BACTERIAL;

EID: 0031028107     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.1.203     Document Type: Article

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