Assembly and subunit stoichiometry of the functional helicase-primase (primosome) complex of bacteriophage T4

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

Volumn 109, Issue 34, 2012, Pages 13596-13601

  Jose, Davis ^a   Weitzel, Steven E ^a   Jing, Debra ^a   Von Hippel, Peter H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA protein complexes; Duplex DNA unwinding; Macromolecular machines; Replication complex assembly

Indexed keywords

DNA PRIMASE; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 41; GUANOSINE 5' O (3 THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); HELICASE; PRIMOSOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STOICHIOMETRY; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

ANISOTROPY; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; DNA; DNA HELICASES; DNA PRIMASE; DNA REPLICATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GUANOSINE 5'-O-(3-THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HYDROLYSIS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PROTEIN DENATURATION; THERMODYNAMICS; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

EID: 84865306279     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1210040109     Document Type: Article

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