Purification and partial characterization of (6-4) photoproduct DNA photolyase from Xenopus laevis

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 292-295

  Kim, Sang Tae ^a   Malhotra, Khushbeer ^a   Taylor, John Stephen ^b   Sancar, Aziz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANURA; CROTALUS ATROX; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS; SERPENTES;

DEOXYRIBODIPYRIMIDINE PHOTOLYASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SNAKE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; DEOXYRIBODIPYRIMIDINE PHOTO-LYASE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; VIPERIDAE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030111351     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1996.tb03028.x     Document Type: Article

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