Characterization and comparison of synthetic immobile and mobile Holliday junctions

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 653-658

  Shida, Toshio ^a   Iwasaki, Hiroshi ^b   Shinagawa, Hideo ^b   Kyogoku, Yoshimasa ^c  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CD; Holliday junction; Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis; RuvC protein; UV

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; DEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MAGNESIUM ION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; SYNTHETIC DNA;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; PHASE TRANSITION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0029939817     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a021292     Document Type: Article

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