Cellular strategies for regulating DNA supercoiling: A single-molecule perspective

Cell

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 519-530

  Koster, Daniel A ^a   Crut, Aurélien ^b   Shuman, Stewart ^c   Bjornsti, Mary Ann ^d   Dekker, Nynke H ^e  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^e DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DIFFUSION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SUPERCOILING; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 77955629227     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2010.08.001     Document Type: Review

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