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Molecular architecture of a multifunctional MCM complex.
Nucleic acids research - 1 Feb 2012
Sanchez-Berrondo June, Mesa Pablo, Ibarra Arkaitz, Martínez-Jiménez Maria I, Blanco Luis, Méndez Juan, Boskovic Jasminka, Montoya Guillermo
Abstract excerpt
DNA replication is strictly regulated through a sequence of steps that involve many macromolecular protein complexes. One of them is the replicative helicase, which is required for initiation and elongation phases. A MCM helicase found as a prophage in the genome of Bacillus cereus is fused with a primase domain constituting an integrative arrangement of two essential activities for replication. We have isolated...
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