Non-natural nucleotides as probes for the mechanism and fidelity of DNA polymerases

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics

Volumn 1804, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1064-1080

  Lee, Irene ^a   Berdis, Anthony J ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA polymerization; Fidelity; Hydrogen bonding interactions; Mutagenesis; Non natural nucleotides

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; EXONUCLEASE; NUCLEOTIDE;

DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHOBICITY; MUTAGENESIS; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOLVATION;

ANIMALS; DNA; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN BONDING; NUCLEOTIDES;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 77949571281     PISSN: 15709639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2009.08.023     Document Type: Review

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