Branch migration enzyme as a Brownian ratchet

EMBO Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1727-1735

  Rasnik, Ivan ^a,e   Jeong, Yong Joo ^b,c   McKinney, Sean A ^a,f   Rajagopal, Vaishnavi ^b   Patel, Smita S ^b   Ha, Taekjip ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Kookmin University   (South Korea)

^d HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Branch migration; Helicases; Single molecule

Indexed keywords

BRANCH MIGRATION ENZYME; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HELICASE; HELICASE T7; CRUCIFORM DNA;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CATALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; BASE MISPAIRING; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIOPHAGE T7; BASE PAIR MISMATCH; CATALYSIS; DNA HELICASES; DNA, CRUCIFORM; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; KINETICS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 47049104346     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2008.106     Document Type: Article

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