DNA is bound within the central hole to one or two of the six subunits of the T7 DNA helicase
Nature Structural & Molecular BiologyPublished 1 September 1996
Xiong Yu, Manju Hingorani, Smita S. Patel, Edward H. Egelman
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Electron microscopic image analysis and protein–DNA crosslinking show that DNA binds asymmetrically to the hexameric bacteriophage T7 gp4b helicase, and binds to only one or two subunits.
Abstract
Electron microscopic image analysis and protein–DNA crosslinking show that DNA binds asymmetrically to the hexameric bacteriophage T7 gp4b helicase, and binds to only one or two subunits
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