Mechanism and evolution of DNA primases

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics

Volumn 1804, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1180-1189

  Kuchta, Robert D ^a   Stengel, Gudrun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Counting; dNTP; Fidelity; Inhibition; Initiation; Mechanism; Misincorporation; NTP; Polymerase; Primase

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATE; DNA POLYMERASE; DNA PRIMASE; HELICASE;

AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; CALF (BOVINE); DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROCOCCUS FURIOSUS; PYROCOCCUS HORIKOSHII; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA PRIMASE; DNA PRIMERS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 77949570959     PISSN: 15709639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2009.06.011     Document Type: Review

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