Action at Hooked or Twisted-Hooked DNA Juxtapositions Rationalizes Unlinking Preference of Type-2 Topoisomerases

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 400, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 963-982

  Liu, Zhirong ^a,b   Zechiedrich, Lynn ^c   Chan, Hue Sun ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA supercoils; Madras Orlitsky Shepp algorithm; Self avoiding lattice polygons; Torsional energy; Writhe

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING);

ARTICLE; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SUPERCOILING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOSPECIFICITY;

EID: 77954625173     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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