Segrosome structure revealed by a complex of ParR with centromere DNA

Nature

Volumn 450, Issue 7173, 2007, Pages 1268-1271

  Schumacher, Maria A ^a   Glover, Tiffany C ^a   Brzoska, Anthony J ^b   Jensen, Slade O ^b   Dunham, Thomas D ^a   Skurray, Ronald A ^b   Firth, Neville ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; DNA; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN PARR; SEGROSOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DNA; GENETIC STRUCTURE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CENTROMERE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

SOLENOIDEA;

EID: 37549052560     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06392     Document Type: Article

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