Title
Positive torsional strain causes the formation of a four-way junction at replication forks
Date Issued
01 January 2001
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
review
Author(s)
Postow L.
Ullsperger C.
Keller R.
Vologodskii A.
Cozzarelli N.
Bucka A.
Stasiak A.
Université de Lausanne
Abstract
In the discussed work, the authors demonstrated that a positive torsional stress can lead to reversals of replication forks and thus to formation of chickenfoot structures. The thermodynamics and possible physiological significance of these structures are discussed.
Start page
166
End page
173
Volume
14
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Bioquímica, Biología molecular
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-0035031233
Source
Chemtracts
ISSN of the container
14319268
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus