DNA synthesis provides the driving force to accelerate DNA unwinding by a helicase

Nature

Volumn 435, Issue 7040, 2005, Pages 370-373

  Stano, Natalie M ^a   Jeong, Yong Joo ^a,b   Donmez, Ilker ^a   Tummalapalli, Padmaja ^a   Levin, Mikhail K ^c   Patel, Smita S ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Kookmin University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYMES; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES;

DNA SYNTHESIS; DNA UNWINDING; DUPLEX DNA; POLYMERASE;

DNA;

DNA POLYMERASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HELICASE; MOLECULAR MOTOR; NUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; BACTERIOPHAGE T7 INDUCED DNA POLYMERASE; DNA; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; DNA PRIMASE; GENE 43 PROTEIN, ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE T4; VIRUS PROTEIN;

DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BASE PAIRING; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA DENATURATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; DNA TEMPLATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BACTERIOPHAGE T4; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA PRIMASE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; KINETICS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 19644399070     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03615     Document Type: Article

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