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Abstract
DNA polymerases which duplicate cellular chromosomes are multiprotein complexes. The individual functions of the many proteins required to duplicate a chromosome are not fully understood. The multiprotein complex which duplicates the Escherichia coli chromosome, DNA polymerase III holoenzyme (holoenzyme), contains a DNA polymerase subunit and nine accessory proteins. This report summarizes our current understanding of the individual functions of the accessory proteins within the holoenzyme, lending insight into why a chromosomal replicase needs such a complex structure.Entities:
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Year: 1992 PMID: 1575709 DOI: 10.1002/bies.950140206
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Bioessays ISSN: 0265-9247 Impact factor: 4.345