Functional and regulatory characteristics of eukaryotic type II DNA topoisomerase

Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-37

  Bakshi, Rahul P ^a   Galande, Sanjeev ^a   Muniyappa, K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING);

CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA DRUG COMPLEX; DNA HELIX; DNA METABOLISM; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRAND; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SUPERCOILING; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; EUKARYOTE; GENOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; TOPOGRAPHY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0035092216     PISSN: 10409238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20014091074165     Document Type: Review

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