Identification of a unique domain essential for Escherichia coli DNA topoisomerase III-catalysed decatenation of replication intermediates

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 888-895

  Li, Zhiyu ^a   Mondragón, Alfonso ^b   Hiasa, Hiroshi ^c,d   Marians, Kenneth J ^c   DiGate, Russell J ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMER; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SUPERCOILING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DIMERIZATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE I; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033983784     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01763.x     Document Type: Article

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