Novel mutator mutants of E. coli nrdAB ribonucleotide reductase: Insight into allosteric regulation and control of mutation rates

DNA Repair

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 480-487

  Ahluwalia, Deepti ^a   Bienstock, Rachelle J ^a   Schaaper, Roel M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Allosteric regulation; DNA replication fidelity; DNTP pools; Ribonucleotide reductase

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATE; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE;

ALLOSTERISM; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; MUTATOR GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; DEOXYRIBONUCLEOSIDES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE ORDER; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTANT PROTEINS; MUTATION; MUTATION RATE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RIBONUCLEOSIDE DIPHOSPHATE REDUCTASE; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84860250880     PISSN: 15687864     EISSN: 15687856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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