The why and how of DNA unlinking

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 661-671

  Liu, Zhirong ^a   Deibler, Richard W ^b   Chan, Hue Sun ^c   Zechiedrich, Lynn ^d  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); DNA TOPOISOMERASE IV; FUNGAL DNA;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; DNA BINDING; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA HELIX; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SUPERCOILING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA DEGRADATION; YEAST CELL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; METABOLISM;

DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE II; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION;

EID: 63349102536     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp041     Document Type: Review

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