Flexibility of the rings: Structural asymmetry in the DnaB hexameric helicase

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 321, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 839-849

  Yang, Shixin ^a   Yu, Xiong ^a   VanLoock, Margaret S ^a   Jezewska, Maria J ^b   Bujalowski, Wlodzimierz ^b   Egelman, Edward H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Helicases; Image analysis

Indexed keywords

DIMER; DNA B; HELICASE; NUCLEOTIDE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BINDING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0036385791     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)00711-8     Document Type: Article

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