A novel type of replicative enzyme harbouring ATpase, primase and DNA polymerase activity

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2516-2525

  Lipps, Georg ^a   Röther, Susanne ^a,b   Hart, Christina ^a   Krauss, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA polymerase; Multifunctional; Primase; PRN1; Sulfolobus

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE; DNA POLYMERASE; DNA PRIMASE; NUCLEOTIDE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC CODE; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SULFOLOBUS; SULFOLOBUS ISLANDICUS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; DNA PRIMASE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SULFOLOBUS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; SULFOLOBUS; SULFOLOBUS ISLANDICUS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0038577149     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg246     Document Type: Article

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