The RuvC protein dimer resolves Holliday junctions by a dual incision mechanism that involves base-specific contacts

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1464-1472

  Shah, Rajvee ^c   Cosstick, Richard ^b   West, Stephen C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cleavage site; DNA repair; Holliday junction; Hydrolysis resistant linkage; Recombination; RuvC protein

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIMER; ENZYME; NUCLEIC ACID BASE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DIMERIZATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, BACTERIAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030936839     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.6.1464     Document Type: Article

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