Nucleoprotein architecture and ColE1 dimer resolution: A hypothesis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 545-558

  Hodgman, T C ^a,b   Griffiths, H ^a   Summers, D K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; DIMER; MONOMER; NUCLEOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; DNA BINDING; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA SUPERCOILING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO-ACID N-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; AMINOPEPTIDASES; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DIMERIZATION; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; GLUTAMYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; INTEGRASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEOPROTEINS; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINASES;

EID: 0031872788     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00948.x     Document Type: Article

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