Of torques, forces, and protein machines

Protein Science

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 3061-3065

  Bustamante, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASE IV; MOLECULAR MOTOR; PROTEIN; RIBOZYME; RNA POLYMERASE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; BACILLUS PHAGE; CHIRALITY; DNA BINDING; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA PACKAGING; DNA REPLICATION; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SUPERCOILING; ELASTICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FORCE; KINETICS; MACROMOLECULE; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; TORQUE;

BACILLUS PHAGES; BIOMECHANICS; DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE II; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; PROTEINS; RNA, CATALYTIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 7244223638     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1110/ps.041064504     Document Type: Review

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