Self-association equilibria of Escherichia coli UvrD helicase studied by analytical ultracentrifugation

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 325, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 889-912

  Maluf, Nasib K ^a   Lohman, Timothy M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA unwinding; Helicase II; Oligomer; Repair; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE DERIVATIVE; DIMER; DNA; GLYCEROL; HELICASE; MONOMER; PROTEIN UVRD; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TETRAMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIMERIZATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTATION; STOICHIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; VELOCITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0037474537     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)01276-7     Document Type: Article

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