Methanococcus maripaludis: An archaeon with multiple functional MCM proteins?

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-6

  Walters, Alison D ^a   Chong, James P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeon; DNA replication; Methanococcus maripaludis; Minichromosome maintenance (MCM); Proteomics

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE BETA; DNA PRIMASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; MINICHROMOSOME MAINTENANCE PROTEIN; MINICHROMOSOME MAINTENANCE PROTEIN 2; MINICHROMOSOME MAINTENANCE PROTEIN 3; MINICHROMOSOME MAINTENANCE PROTEIN 5; MINICHROMOSOME MAINTENANCE PROTEIN 6; MINICHROMOSOME MAINTENANCE PROTEIN 7; PROTEIN P48; REPLICATION FACTOR A; RIBONUCLEASE H; ARCHAEAL PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARCHAEAL GENOME; ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUKARYOTE; GENE SEQUENCE; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; EUKARYOTIC CELL; METABOLISM; METHANOCOCCUS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTA; METHANOCOCCUS MARIPALUDIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; DNA REPLICATION; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; METHANOCOCCUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 59749098081     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0370001     Document Type: Article

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