RecQ helicase translocates along single-stranded DNA with a moderate processivity and tight mechanochemical coupling

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 25, 2012, Pages 9804-9809

  Sarlós, Kata ^a   Gyimesi, Máté ^a   Kovács, Mihály ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; NUCLEOPROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE; RECQ HELICASE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HYDROLYSIS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; DNA REPAIR; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECQ HELICASES; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 84862544678     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1114468109     Document Type: Article

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