Characterization of a Holliday junction-resolving enzyme from Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 6465-6471

  White, Malcolm F ^a   Lilley, David M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENDONUCLEASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RECOMBINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0030857980     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.11.6465     Document Type: Article

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