Reactions of mitochondrial cruciform cutting endonuclease 1 (CCE1) of yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae with branched DNAs in vitro

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 238, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 77-87

  Kupfer, Christian ^a   Kemper, Börries ^a  

^a Institut für Genetik   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crossover junction endonucleases; Cruciform cutting endonuclease 1 (CCE1); Mitochondrial genome transmission gene (MGT1); Recombinatioin; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029949263     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1996.0077q.x     Document Type: Article

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