The Mechanism of the Translocation Step in DNA Replication by DNA Polymerase I: A Computer Simulation Analysis

Structure

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-93

  Golosov, Andrei A ^a   Warren, Joshua J ^b   Beese, Lorena S ^b   Karplus, Martin ^a,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

DNA

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE BETA; GLYCINE; PRIMER DNA; PYROPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRAND; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE INSERTION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIPHOSPHATES; DNA; DNA POLYMERASE I; DNA REPLICATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 73449100115     PISSN: 09692126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2009.10.014     Document Type: Article

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