Type II DNA topoisomerases

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 26-32

  Berger, James M ^a  

^a WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

DNA CLEAVAGE; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW;

EID: 0032005064     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(98)80006-7     Document Type: Article

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