Molecular motors for DNA translocation in prokaryotes

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 503-509

  Allemand, Jean François ^a,b,c   Maier, Berenike ^d   Smith, Douglas E ^e,f  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Natural Science   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE PROCESS; BACTERIAL TRANSFORMATION; CELL DIVISIONS; DNA TRANSLOCATION; DNA TRANSPORT; DNA VIRUS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; LIFE PROCESS; LIVING ORGANISMS; MOLECULAR MOTORS; SINGLE-MOLECULE TECHNIQUE;

BIOLOGY; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE TRANSFER; LINEAR MOTORS; VIRUSES;

DNA;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE IV; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; FTSK PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XERD PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA IMPORT; DNA MODIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; VIRUS CAPSID;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CAPSID; DNA; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; PROKARYOTIC CELLS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DNA VIRUSES; MIRIDAE; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84864812117     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2011.12.023     Document Type: Review

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