Plant DNA helicases: The long unwinding road

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 54, Issue 391, 2003, Pages 2201-2214

  Tuteja, Narendra ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY ICGEB   (India)

Author keywords

Chloroplast DNA helicase; DEAD box protein; Helicase inhibitors; Helicase motifs; Plant DNA helicase; Replication; RNA helicase; Unwinding enzyme

Indexed keywords

HYDROLYSIS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; RNA;

MITOCHONDRIA;

DNA;

DNA HELICASES; DNA, CHLOROPLAST; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA, PLANT; MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PLANTS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; LILIUM; PROKARYOTA; TRANSPOSONS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0141907263     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erg246     Document Type: Article

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