A kinetic proofreading mechanism for disentanglement of DNA by topoisomerases

Nature

Volumn 401, Issue 6756, 1999, Pages 932-935

  Yan, Jie ^a   Magnasco, Marcelo O ^b   Marko, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING);

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRAND; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DNA; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE II; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION;

EID: 0033613387     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/44872     Document Type: Article

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