Crystal structure of CcdB, a topoisomerase poison from E. coli

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 285, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1667-1677

  Loris, Remy ^a   Dao Thi, Minh Hoa ^a   Bahassi, El Mustapha ^b   Van Melderen, Laurence ^b   Poortmans, Freddy ^c   Liddington, Robert ^d   Couturier, Martine ^b   Wyns, Lode ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CcdA; CcdB; Gyrase; Plasmid addiction; Topoisomerase

Indexed keywords

DIMER; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; ION; METHIONINE; POISON;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033614009     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2395     Document Type: Article

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