Tightening the belt on polymerases: Evaluating the physical constraints on enzyme substrate size

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 38, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 3654-3657

  Frieden, Miriam ^a   Pedroso, Enrique ^a   Kool, Eric T ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA recognition; Polymerases; RNA; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR DNA; DNA POLYMERASE; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; RNA SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033576703     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19991216)38:24<3654::AID-ANIE3654>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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