Structure and mechanism of hexameric helicases

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 767, Issue , 2013, Pages 75-95

  Medagli, Barbara ^a   Onesti, Silvia ^a  

^a Structural Biology Laboratory   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HELICASE; HEXAMERIC HELICASE; NUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATE; RECA PROTEIN; RNA HELICASE; SF1 HELICASE; SF2 HELICASE; SF3 HELICASE; SF4 HELICASE; SF5 HELICASE; SF6 HELICASE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; T7 HELICASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ATPASE ASSOCIATED WITH VAROUS CELLULAR ACTIVITY PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; DNA; DNA HELICASE; NUCLEOSIDE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; BINDING AFFINITY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME CONFORMATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DNA REPLICATION; METABOLISM; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

EUKARYOTA; HARNESS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BINDING SITES; DNA; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPLICATION; NUCLEOSIDE-TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 84873629798     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-5037-5_4     Document Type: Article

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