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DNA Polymerase III  

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Entry terms

  • DNA Dependent DNA Polymerase III
  • DNA-Dependent DNA Polymerase III
  • DNA Pol III
  • DNA Polymerase delta
  • Polymerase delta, DNA

Scope note

  • A DNA-dependent DNA polymerase characterized in E. coli and other lower organisms but may be present in higher organisms. Use also for a more complex form of DNA polymerase III designated as DNA polymerase III* or pol III* which is 15 times more active biologically than DNA polymerase I in the synthesis of DNA. This polymerase has both 3'-5' and 5'-3' exonuclease activities, is inhibited by sulfhydryl reagents, and has the same template-primer dependence as pol II.

History note

  • 91(77); for DNA POLYMERASE DELTA use DNA POLYMERASE III (NM) 1980-97

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004258

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