ATPase switches controlling DNA replication initiation

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 280-285

  Lee, Daniel G ^a   P Bell, Stephen ^b  

^a M ^*  (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL ENZYME; HELICASE; INITIATION FACTOR;

DNA REPLICATION; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0034063607     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(00)00089-2     Document Type: Review

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