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DNA gyrase is a type II DNA topoisomerase found in bacteria. Since its discovery in 1976 (Geliert et al. 1976), it has been the focus of a great deal of research, from both mechanistic and medical viewpoints, and it is the purpose of this chapter to address the first of these two areas.
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Wigley, D.B. (1995). Structure and Mechanism of DNA Gyrase. In: Eckstein, F., Lilley, D.M.J. (eds) Nucleic Acids and Molecular Biology. Nucleic Acids and Molecular Biology, vol 9. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79488-9_8
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