Near-simultaneous DNA cleavage by the subunits of the junction-resolving enzyme T4 endonuclease VII

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2528-2534

  Giraud Panis, Marie Josèphe E ^a   Lilley, David M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cruciform; DNA supercoiling; DNA protein interaction; Holliday junction; Recombination

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA SUPERCOILING; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION;

BACTERIOPHAGE T4; DIMERIZATION; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0030910888     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.9.2528     Document Type: Article

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