Three-dimensional reconstructions from cryoelectron microscopy images reveal an intimate complex between helicase DnaB and its loading partner DnaC

Structure

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 501-509

  San Martin, Carmen ^a   Radermacher, Michael ^b   Wolpensinger, Bettina ^c   Engel, Andreas ^c   Miles, Caroline S ^d   Dixon, Nicholas E ^d   Carazo, José María ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

DNA helicase; DNA replication; Escherichia coli; Protein structure; Three dimensional cryoelectron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HELICASE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032522423     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0969-2126(98)00051-3     Document Type: Article

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