A preliminary CD and NMR study of the Escherichia coli DNA polymerase III Θ subunit

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 111-116

  Li, Dawei ^a   Allen, Devon L ^a   Harvey, Scott ^b   Perrino, Fred W ^b   Schaaper, Roel M ^a   London, Robert E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

subunit; Circular dichroism; DNA polymerase; Nuclear magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE GAMMA;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RNA POLYMERASE III;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033168004     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(19990701)36:1<111::AID-PROT9>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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