Measuring motion on DNA by the type I restriction endonuclease EcoR124I using triplex displacement

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 2094-2102

  Firman, Keith ^a   Szczelkun, Mark D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA translocation; DNA triplex; Motor protein; Restriction modification

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; TRIPLE HELIX;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CATALYSIS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE I SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA; DNA PROBES; DNA RESTRICTION-MODIFICATION ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; KINETICS; MOTION; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES;

EID: 0034595208     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.9.2094     Document Type: Article

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