Thermophilic topoisomerase I on a single DNA molecule

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 329, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 271-282

  Dekker, N H ^a,c   Viard, T ^b   Bouthier De La Tour, C ^b   Duguet, M ^b   Bensimon, D ^a   Croquette, V ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE STATISTIQUE   (France)

^b INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY OF THE CELL I2BC   (France)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Single molecule biophysics; Thermophiles; Topoisomerases

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA DENATURATION; EXPERIMENT; FORCE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 0038061515     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00320-6     Document Type: Article

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