The crystal structure of the bifunctional primase-helicase of bacteriophage T7

Molecular Cell

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1113-1123

  Toth, Eric A ^a   Li, Ying ^a   Sawaya, Michael R ^b   Cheng, Yifan ^a   Ellenberger, Tom ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DNA FRAGMENT; DNA PRIMASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HELICASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; CROSS INFECTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA DENATURATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRAND; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0345276497     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(03)00442-8     Document Type: Article

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