Giant proteins that move DNA: Bullies of the genomic playground

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 580-588

  Cozzarelli, Nicholas R ^a   Cost, Gregory J ^a   Nöllmann, Marcelo ^a   Viard, Thierry ^a   Stray, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; COHESIN; CONDENSIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); DNA TOPOISOMERASE IV; FACTOR FOR INVERSION STIMULATION; HELICASE; HISTONE LIKE NUCLEOID STRUCTURING PROTEIN; PROTEIN BAF; PROTEIN FTSK; PROTEIN SWI; RECOMBINASE; REPLISOME; RHO FACTOR; RNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DNA HELIX; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION;

PHILYPNODON;

EID: 33748335686     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm1982     Document Type: Review

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