Comparative Analysis of Eubacterial DNA Polymerase III Alpha Subunits

Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 203-211

  Zhao, Xiao Qian ^a,b   Hu, Jian Fei ^c   Yu, Jun ^a,d  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences and China National Center for Bioinformation   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

DNA polymerase III alpha subunit; dnaE; polC

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE GAMMA; HETERODIMER; HOMODIMER;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNAE1 GENE; DNAE2 GENE; DNAE3 GENE; EUBACTERIUM; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; PHYLOGENY; POLC GENE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DIMERIZATION; DNA POLYMERASE III; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33947177875     PISSN: 16720229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1672-0229(07)60001-1     Document Type: Article

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