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Bacterial Primase

Bacterial Primase is a species-specific enzymatic catalyst, belonging to the broader class of RNA polymerases, that uniquely initiates DNA replication by synthesizing short RNA primers complementary to single-stranded DNA templates in prokaryotic systems.

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Dnag

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The Escherichia coli dnaB replication protein is a DNA helicase.

Jonathan H. LeBowitz, Roger McMacken · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1986 · 500 citations · Full text

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Toprim--a conserved catalytic domain in type IA and II topoisomerases, DnaG-type primases, OLD family nucleases and RecR proteins

L. Aravind · Nucleic Acids Research · 1998 · 401 citations · Full text

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The operen that encodes the sigma subunit of RNA polymerase also encodes ribosomal protein S21 and DNA primase in E. coli K12

Zachary F. Burton, Carol A. Gross, Kathleen K. Watanabe et al. · Cell · 1983 · 245 citations

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Primase, the dnaG protein of Escherichia coli. An enzyme which starts DNA chains.

L. Rowen, A Kornberg · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1978 · 243 citations · Full text

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The gene 4 protein of bacteriophage T7. Characterization of helicase activity.

Steven W. Matson, Stanley Tabor, C C Richardson · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1983 · 211 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. CC
    Charles C. Richardson

    Harvard University, United States

    13 publications · 575 citations

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    Mark A. Griep

    University of Nebraska–Lincoln, United States

    14 publications · 397 citations

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  3. EL
    Erich Lanka

    Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Germany

    8 publications · 434 citations

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  4. SH
    Steven H. Hinrichs

    University of Nebraska Medical Center, United States

    7 publications · 196 citations

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  5. MA
    Marilynn A. Larson

    University of Nebraska Medical Center, United States

    7 publications · 196 citations

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Institutions

171

  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    21 h-index

    74 publications

    4.4K citations

  2. University of Nebraska–Lincoln

    Lincoln, United States

    12 h-index

    25 publications

    704 citations

  3. New York University

    New York, United States

    8 h-index

    17 publications

    522 citations

  4. Columbia University Irving Medical Center

    New York, United States

    8 h-index

    18 publications

    572 citations

  5. Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics

    Berlin, Germany

    7 h-index

    17 publications

    843 citations

  6. University of Nebraska Medical Center

    Omaha, United States

    7 h-index

    25 publications

    724 citations

  7. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    895 citations

  8. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    6 h-index

    13 publications

    649 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Biological Chemistry

    JBC · 40 publications · 3.1K citations

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  2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 19 publications · 1.1K citations

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  3. Nucleic Acids Research

    17 publications · 917 citations

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  4. Journal of Bacteriology

    JB · 15 publications · 558 citations

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  5. Biochemistry

    13 publications · 521 citations

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