The C terminus of the AddA subunit of the Bacillus subtilis ATP- dependent DNase is required for the ATP-dependent exonuclease activity but not for the helicase activity

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 5086-5091

  Haijema, Bert Jan ^a   Venema, Gerard ^a   Kooistra, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; EXONUCLEASE; HELICASE; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SUBUNIT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE;

EID: 0029811915     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.17.5086-5091.1996     Document Type: Article

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