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Dissecting the role of the ϕ29 terminal protein DNA binding residues in viral DNA replication.
Nucleic acids research - 11 Mar 2015
Holguera Isabel, Muñoz-Espín Daniel, Salas Margarita
Abstract excerpt
Phage ϕ29 DNA replication takes place by a protein-priming mechanism in which the viral DNA polymerase catalyses the covalent linkage of the initiating nucleotide to a specific serine residue of the terminal protein (TP). The N-terminal domain of the ϕ29 TP has been shown to bind to the host DNA in a sequence-independent manner and this binding is essential for the TP nucleoid localisation and for an efficient...
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