Helicase motifs: The engine that powers DNA unwinding

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 867-877

  Hall, Mark C ^a,b   Matson, Steven W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; HELICASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA DENATURATION; DNA METABOLISM; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME CONFORMATION; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; REVIEW; RNA STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033428970     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01659.x     Document Type: Review

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