A specific loop in human DNA polymerase mu allows switching between creative and DNA-instructed synthesis

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 34, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 4572-4582

  Juárez, Raquel ^a   Ruiz, José F ^a   McElhinny, Stephanie A Nick ^b   Ramsden, Dale ^b   Blanco, Luis ^a  

^a CENTRO DE BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYGUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE MU; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHIMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DNA BINDING; DNA SYNTHESIS; DNA TEMPLATE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME CONFORMATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; DNA; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE DELETION; TEMPLATES, GENETIC;

EID: 33750041949     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl457     Document Type: Article

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