Structural biology of MCM helicases Structural biology of MCM helicases

Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 326-342

  Costa, Alessandro ^a   Onesti, Silvia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

AAA+ ATPases; Eukaryotic DNA replication; Glutamate switch; MCM2 7; Ploughshare model

Indexed keywords

MINICHROMOSOME MAINTENANCE PROTEIN 2; MINICHROMOSOME MAINTENANCE PROTEIN 3; MINICHROMOSOME MAINTENANCE PROTEIN 4; MINICHROMOSOME MAINTENANCE PROTEIN 5; MINICHROMOSOME MAINTENANCE PROTEIN 6; MINICHROMOSOME MAINTENANCE PROTEIN 7; DNA; HELICASE; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DNA DENATURATION; DNA REPLICATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CELL CYCLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTA;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; DNA; DNA HELICASES; HUMANS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 70349918231     PISSN: 10409238     EISSN: 15497798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10409230903186012     Document Type: Review

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