Interaction In Vitro of type III intermediate filament proteins with supercoiled plasmid DNA and modulation of eukaryotic DNA topoisomerase I and II activities

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 743-769

  Li, Guohong ^a   Tolstonog, Genrich V ^a   Sabasch, Michael ^a   Traub, Peter ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; CRUCIFORM DNA; DESMIN; DISTAMYCIN A; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); DNA Z; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; METHYL GREEN; PLASMID DNA; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DNA BINDING; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA STRAND; DNA SUPERCOILING; DROSOPHILA; DRUG COMPETITION; DRUG DNA BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUKARYOTE; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BOS TAURUS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0036440477     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/104454902760599726     Document Type: Article

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