Single-molecule studies of nucleic acid motors

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 80-86

  Seidel, Ralf ^a   Dekker, Cees ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA; ENZYME; MOLECULAR MOTOR; NUCLEIC ACID; RNA;

BASE PAIRING; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENZYME STRUCTURE, FUNCTION AND VARIABILITY; INTROSPECTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOTOR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW;

DNA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

EID: 33846898070     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2006.12.003     Document Type: Review

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