Comprehensive analysis of DNA polymerase III α subunits and their homologs in bacterial genomes

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1393-1413

  Timinskas, Kȩstutis ^a   Balvočiute, Monika ^a,b   Timinskas, Albertas ^a   Venclovas, Česlovas ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE GAMMA; DNA POLYMERASE III ALPHA SUBUNIT; DNAE1 POLYMERASE; DNAE2 POLYMERASE; DNAE3 POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENOME; BINDING SITE; CLOSTRIDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GC RICH SEQUENCE; LAST COMMON ANCESTOR; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA POLYMERASE III; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 84896734255     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt900     Document Type: Article

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