Initiation of replication of plasmid pMV158: Mechanisms of DNA strand-transfer reactions mediated by the initiator RepB protein

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 268, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 840-856

  Moscoso, Miriam ^a,c   Eritja, Ramón ^b   Espinosa, Manuel ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chiral phosphate; Initiation of replication; Nicking closing; Rolling circle replication; Strand transfer reaction

Indexed keywords

HELICASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PHOSPHOROTHIOIC ACID; PLASMID DNA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; TYROSINE;

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRAND; DNA SUPERCOILING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

EID: 0031584268     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1012     Document Type: Article

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