3D visualization software to analyze topological outcomes of topoisomerase reactions

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3515-3521

  Darcy, I K ^a   Scharein, R G ^b   Stasiak, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b Hypnagogic Software   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE I; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; SOFTWARE;

EID: 46349088924     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn192     Document Type: Article

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