Structure of the human RECQ1 helicase reveals a putative strand-separation pin

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1039-1044

  Pike, Ashley C W ^a   Shrestha, Binesh ^a   Popuri, Venkateswarlu ^b   Burgess Brown, Nicola ^a   Muzzolini, Laura ^b   Costantini, Silvia ^b   Vindigni, Alessandro ^b   Gileadi, Opher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

DNA helicase; DNA repair; Holliday junction; Structural genomics; Winged helix

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE MAGNESIUM; DNA; HELICASE; MONOMER; RECA PROTEIN; RECQ HELICASE; RECQ1 HELICASE; RECQ4 HELICASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WINGED HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BLOOM SYNDROME; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA STRAND; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECQ HELICASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ZINC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 59049103795     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0806908106     Document Type: Article

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