Evidence for a functional dimeric form of the PcrA helicase in DNA unwinding

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1976-1989

  Yang, Ye ^a   Dou, Shuo Xing ^a   Ren, Hua ^b,c   Wang, Peng Ye ^a   Zhang, Xing Dong ^a   Qian, Min ^b   Pan, Bing Yi ^a   Xi, Xu Guang ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMER; DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HELICASE; PCRA HELICASE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DNA DENATURATION; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DIMERIZATION; DNA; DNA HELICASES; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; KINETICS;

EID: 41849106909     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm1174     Document Type: Article

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