Structure and DNA-binding properties of the Bacillus subtilis SpoIIIE DNA translocase revealed by single-molecule and electron microscopies

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2624-2636

  Cattoni, Diego I ^a   Thakur, Shreyasi ^a   Godefroy, Cedric ^a   Le Gall, Antoine ^a   Lai Kee Him, Josephine ^a   Milhiet, Pierre Emmanuel ^a   Bron, Patrick ^a   Nöllmann, Marcelo ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CARRIER PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; SPOIIIE DNA TRANSLOCASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 84895793789     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt1231     Document Type: Article

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