The Arabidopsis At1g30680 gene encodes a homologue to the phage T7 gp4 protein that has both DNA primase and DNA helicase activities

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Diray Arce, Joann ^a   Liu, Bin ^a   Cupp, John D ^a   Hunt, Travis ^a   Nielsen, Brent L ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bacteriophage T7 gp4; DNA helicase; DNA primase; Organelle DNA replication; Twinkle

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

DNA PRIMASE; HELICASE; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; DNA HELICASES; DNA PRIMASE; VIRAL ENVELOPE PROTEINS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874444815     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-13-36     Document Type: Article

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