THE MECHANISMS OF DNA TOPOISOMERASES

被引:163
作者
ROCA, J
机构
[1] Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138
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10.1016/S0968-0004(00)88993-8
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Recent structural and mechanistic studies, as well as the discovery of new enzymes in the DNA topoisomerase family, allow these enzymes to be classified into three groups. Each group reflects the evolution of three different mechanistic strategies to manipulate DNA topology.
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