Increasing the length of the single-stranded overhang enhances unwinding of duplex DNA by bacteriophage T4 Dda helicase

Biochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 39, 2005, Pages 12990-12997

  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

DNA; ENZYMES; MONOMERS; SUBSTRATES;

BINDING AFFINITY; DNA SUBSTRATES; DNA UNWINDING;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

DDA HELICASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HELICASE; NUCLEOTIDE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; STREPTAVIDIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; BASE PAIRING; BINDING AFFINITY; DNA DENATURATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; STEADY STATE;

BACTERIOPHAGE T4; DIMERIZATION; DNA; DNA HELICASES; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BINDING; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 25444456899     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi050703z     Document Type: Article

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