Biopolymers and the fellowship of DNA rings

Biopolymers

Volumn 99, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 916-922

  Wang, James C ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Departement of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

chromosome segregation; DNA catenanes; DNA entanglement; interlocked DNA rings

Indexed keywords

BIRTH DEFECTS; CATENANES; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION;

BIOPOLYMERS; CHROMOSOMES; ENZYME ACTIVITY;

DNA;

BACTERIAL DNA; BIOPOLYMER; CATENANE; CIRCULAR DNA; DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; VIRUS DNA;

BASE PAIRING; BIRTH DEFECT; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CYCLIZATION; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; DIMERIZATION; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SUPERCOILING; HUMAN; MECHANICAL TORSION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PROGENY; REVIEW; SISTER CHROMATID; TRANSESTERIFICATION; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION;

BIOPOLYMERS; DNA; FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION;

EID: 84884934957     PISSN: 00063525     EISSN: 10970282     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bip.22245     Document Type: Review

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