Staphylococcus aureus primase has higher initiation specificity, interacts with single-stranded DNA stronger, but is less stimulated by its helicase than Escherichia coli primase

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1570-1582

  Koepsell, Scott A ^a,b   Larson, Marilynn A ^a,b   Frey, Christopher A ^b,c   Hinrichs, Steven H ^a,b   Griep, Mark A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; ESCHERICHIA COLI PRIMASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; HELICASE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS PRIMASE; SUGAR;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA HELICASES; DNA PRIMASE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; KINETICS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 44249097571     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06255.x     Document Type: Article

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