Cellular roles of DNA topoisomerases: A molecular perspective

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 430-440

  Wang, James C ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE;

CELL ACTIVITY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; DNA; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE I; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE II; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0036085460     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm831     Document Type: Review

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