Crystallization and preliminary X-ray studies of I-CreI: A group I intron-encoded endonuclease from C. reinhardtii

Proteins: Structure, Function and Genetics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 137-139

  Stephens, Kathryn M ^a   Monnat Jr , Raymond J ^a   Heath, Patrick J ^b   Stoddard, Barry L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA binding; endonucleases; intervening sequences; intron mobility

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; RNA 23S;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPLAST; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALS; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPLASTS; CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRACTIONAL PRECIPITATION; INTRONS; RNA, CATALYTIC;

EID: 0030899829     PISSN: 08873585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0134(199705)28:1<137::AID-PROT15>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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