The Caenorhabditis elegans gene CeAPN1 encodes a homolog of Escherichia coli and yeast apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease

Gene

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 291-293

  Masson, Jean Yves ^a   Tremblay, Stephane ^a   Ramotar, Dindial ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; CeAPN1; DNA repair; Endonuclease

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA LIBRARY; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE IV (PHAGE T4-INDUCED); DNA, HELMINTH; DNA-(APURINIC OR APYRIMIDINIC SITE) LYASE; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, HELMINTH; HELMINTH PROTEINS; LYASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030583735     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(96)00375-7     Document Type: Article

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