A journey in the world of DNA rings and beyond

Annual Review of Biochemistry

Volumn 78, Issue , 2009, Pages 31-54

  Wang, James C ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catenanes; Knots; Mammalian top mutants; Supercoils; Topoisomerase; Topoisomerase targeting drugs

Indexed keywords

5 BROMOURACIL; CATENANE; DNA; DNA LAMBDA; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); LEVULINIC ACID; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; SUCROSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CAREER; CHINA; DNA HELIX; DNA STRAND; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SUPERCOILING; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOP1 GENE; TOP3ALPHA GENE; UNITED STATES;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHINA; DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE I; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 67650713925     PISSN: 00664154     EISSN: 00664154     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.biochem.78.030107.090101     Document Type: Review

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