On helicases and other motor proteins

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 243-257

  Enemark, Eric J ^a   Joshua Tor, Leemor ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE MAGNESIUM; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GLYCOPROTEIN E1; HELICASE; MOLECULAR MOTOR; NUCLEIC ACID; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; VIRUS ANTIGEN; VIRUS ENZYME;

BASE PAIRING; BINDING SITE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HYDROLYSIS; PAPILLOMA VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; DNA; DNA HELICASES; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA HELICASES;

PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE;

EID: 41949129077     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2008.01.007     Document Type: Review

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