Crystal structures of complexes of PcrA DNA helicase with a DNA substrate indicate an inchworm mechanism

Cell

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-84

  Velankar, Sameer S ^a   Soultanas, Panos ^a   Dillingham, Mark S ^a   Subramanya, Hosahalli S ^a   Wigley, Dale B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADENYLYLIMIDODIPHOSPHATE; HELICASE; NUCLEIC ACID; PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033515425     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80716-3     Document Type: Article

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