Prokaryotic and eukaryotic DNA helicases: Essential molecular motor proteins for cellular machinery

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 271, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1835-1848

  Tuteja, Narendra ^a   Tuteja, Renu ^a  

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

Author keywords

DNA helicase; Helicase assay; Recombination; Repair; Replication

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIOPHAGE DNA; HELICASE; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; PARVOVIRUS VECTOR; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID; VIRUS DNA;

AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DNA HELIX; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRAND; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; EUKARYOTE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROLYSIS; MINICHROMOSOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; NUCLEIC ACID METABOLISM; PAPILLOMA VIRUS; PARVOVIRUS; POLYOMA VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; VACCINIA VIRUS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DNA HELICASES; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; RECQ HELICASES;

AUTOGRAPHA; AUTOGRAPHA CALIFORNICA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; LILIUM; PAPILLOMAVIRUS; PARVOVIRUS; POLYOMAVIRUS; PROKARYOTA; SIMIAE; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; SIMPLEXVIRUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE; VACCINIA VIRUS;

EID: 2442676334     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.2004.04093.x     Document Type: Review

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