Structure, molecular mechanisms, and evolutionary relationships in DNA topoisomerases

Annual Review of Biophysics and Biomolecular Structure

Volumn 33, Issue , 2004, Pages 95-118

  Corbett, Kevin D ^a   Berger, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA topology; DNA binding protein; GHKL; Gyrase; Supercoiling; Toprim

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); ISOENZYME; RECOMBINASE;

BIOPHYSICS; CONFORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA CLEAVAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW;

BINDING SITES; DNA; DNA REPAIR; DNA TOPOISOMERASES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 2442599792     PISSN: 10568700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.biophys.33.110502.140357     Document Type: Review

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