Correct and incorrect nucleotide incorporation pathways in DNA polymerase β

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 350, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 521-529

  Radhakrishnan, Ravi ^a   Schlick, Tamar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Phosphoryl transfer; Polymerase fidelity; Quantum mechanics molecular mechanics simulations

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; DNA; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE BETA; NUCLEOTIDE; PRIMER DNA; WATER;

ARTICLE; BASE MISPAIRING; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

BINDING SITES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; DNA POLYMERASE BETA; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOTION; NUCLEOTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33749616576     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.09.059     Document Type: Article

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