Protein displacement by an assembly of helicase molecules aligned along single-stranded DNA

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 531-538

  Byrd, Alicia K ^a   Raney, Kevin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DDA HELICASE; HELICASE; MONOMER; NUCLEIC ACID; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RNA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; STREPTAVIDIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; DNA DENATURATION; DNA STRAND; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

EID: 2542432027     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb774     Document Type: Article

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