Purification and characterization of Drosophila melanogaster photolyase

Mutation Research - DNA Repair

Volumn 363, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 97-104

  Kim, Sang Tae ^a   Malhotra, Khushbeer ^a   Ryo, Haruko ^b   Sancar, Aziz ^a   Todo, Takeshi ^c  

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

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Action spectrum; Chromophore; Drosophila melanogaster; Photolyase

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBODIPYRIMIDINE PHOTOLYASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0030580949     PISSN: 09218777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0921-8777(96)00003-1     Document Type: Article

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