An Enzyme-Catalyzed Multistep DNA Refolding Mechanism in Hairpin Telomere Formation

PLoS Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Shi, Ke ^a   Huang, Wai Mun ^b   Aihara, Hideki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DINUCLEOTIDE; DNA; PROTEIN TELA; PROTELOMERASE; RESOLVASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BASE PAIRING; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA HAIRPIN; DNA STRAND; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STABILITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN REFOLDING; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; TELOMERE;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA REPLICATION; DNA REPLICATION TIMING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; TELOMERE;

EID: 84873835519     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001472     Document Type: Article

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