Mutational analysis of vaccinia DNA ligase defines residues essential for covalent catalysis

Virology

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 73-83

  Shuman, Stewart ^a   Ru, Xiao Mei ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0029152217     PISSN: 00426822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/viro.1995.1380     Document Type: Article

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