A tale of two terminators: Crystal structures sharpen the debate on DNA replication fork arrest mechanisms

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Wake, RG
King, GF
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[1] Department of Biochemistry, University of Sydney, NSW
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10.1016/S0969-2126(97)00160-3
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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The structure of the Tus-Ter DNA replication fork arrest complex of Escherichia coli reveals a novel architecture for the bound Tus protein and a new type of DNA-binding motif, The structure of the complex may explain how Tus can block movement of a replication fork approaching from one direction and not the other.
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