DNA gyrase and its complexes with DNA: direct observation by electron microscopy.
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Electron microscopy of DNA gyrase holoenzyme, of gyrase A subunits, and of the complexes of both species with DNA enables us to deduce the relative locations of subunits in the holoenzyme and to indicate a plausible path for DNA complexed with gyrase. The structural results are discussed in terms of certain models for directional DNA strand transport.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Cell
دوره 41 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1985