C-terminal domain swapping of SSB changes the size of the ssDNA binding site

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Huang, Yen Hua ^a   Huang, Cheng Yang ^a,b  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHIMERIC PROTEIN; POLYMER; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; STOICHIOMETRY; CHEMISTRY; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; GENETICS;

BINDING SITES; DNA; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 84929940306     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/573936     Document Type: Article

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