The Conserved C-Terminus of the PcrA/UvrD Helicase Interacts Directly with RNA Polymerase

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Gwynn, Emma J ^a   Smith, Abigail J ^a   Guy, Colin P ^b   Savery, Nigel J ^a   McGlynn, Peter ^b,c   Dillingham, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELICASE; PCRA HELICASE; RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UVRD HELICASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPLICATION; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 84885778726     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078141     Document Type: Article

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