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topoisomerase
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topoisomerase
[to′po-i′so-mer-ās]
an enzyme involved in mobilization and replication of DNA during cell division.
topoisomerase [to″po-i´so-mer-ās]
an enzyme involved in mobilization and replication of DNA during cell division.
topoisomerase
an enzyme involved in DNA replication that introduces a single-strand nick in the DNA enabling it to swivel and thereby relieve the accumulated winding strain generated during unwinding of the double helix.
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9780879698799 Untangling the double helix; DNA entanglement and the action of the DNA topoisomerases.
Untangling the double helix; DNA entanglement and the action of the ... by SciTech Book News
Among the latest of these efforts is the inhibition of DNA topoisomerases -- enzymes needed to alter DNA's structure before synthesis of RNA and new DNA can occur.
Hitting enzymes to kill cancer cells by Edwards, D.D. / Science News
They describe DNA super-coiling, including its quantitative measure and the geometrical properties of closed- circular DNA, the behavior of DNA on surfaces, knots and catenanes, DNA topoisomerases, and the biological consequences of DAN topology, including genome organization, replication, control of gene expression, transcription, and recombination.
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