A highly conserved family of inactivated archaeal B family DNA polymerases

<p>Abstract</p> <p>A widespread and highly conserved family of apparently inactivated derivatives of archaeal B-family DNA polymerases is described. Phylogenetic analysis shows that the inactivated forms comprise a distinct clade among archaeal B-family polymerases and that, within...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pavlov Youri I, Makarova Kira S, Rogozin Igor B, Koonin Eugene V
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-08-01
Series:Biology Direct
Online Access:http://www.biology-direct.com/content/3/1/32