DNA primase acts as a molecular brake in DNA replication

Nature

Volumn 439, Issue 7076, 2006, Pages 621-624

  Lee, Jong Bong ^a   Hite, Richard K ^a   Hamdan, Samir M ^a   Xie, X Sunney ^b   Richardson, Charles C ^a   Van Oijen, Antoine M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGES; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA SEQUENCES; ENZYME KINETICS; POLYMERIZATION;

DNA POLYMERASES; DNA REPLICATION; FORK PROGRESSION; NUCLEOTIDE POLYMERIZATION;

DNA;

DNA POLYMERASE; DNA PRIMASE; PRIMER RNA;

BIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 31844453991     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04317     Document Type: Article

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