Positive supercoiling in thermophiles and mesophiles: Of the good and evil

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-63

  Valenti, Anna ^a   Perugino, Giuseppe ^a   Rossi, Mosè ^a   Ciaramella, Maria ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN BIOCHEMISTRY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Architectural protein; Chromosome structure; DNA topology; Genome stability; Topoisomerase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENOME; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA SUPERCOILING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC STABILITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOMEOSTASIS; MESOPHILE; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SISTER CHROMATID; SURVIVAL; THERMOPHILE; THERMOPHILIC ARCHAEON;

ARCHAEA; DNA HELICASES; DNA TOPOISOMERASES; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION;

EID: 79551496164     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0390058     Document Type: Conference Paper

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