Fluorescence Measurements on the E. coli DNA Polymerase Clamp Loader: Implications for Conformational Changes during ATP and Clamp Binding

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 336, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1047-1059

  Goedken, Eric R ^a,b   Levitus, Marcia ^a   Johnson, Aaron ^c   Bustamante, Carlos ^a   O'Donnell, Mike ^c   Kuriyan, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ATPase; Clamp loader; DNA polymerase; DNA replication; Sliding clamp

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; DNA POLYMERASE; FLUORESCENT DYE; NUCLEOTIDE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 1242272079     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2003.12.074     Document Type: Article

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