Crystallization and preliminary X-ray studies of I-PpoI: A nuclear, intron-encoded homing endonuclease from Physarum polycephalum

Protein Science

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2677-2680

  Flick, Karen E ^a   McHugh, Diane ^a   Heath, Joe Don ^b   Stephens, Kathryn M ^b   Monnat Jr , Raymond J ^b   Stoddard, Barry L ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Endonuclease; Intron homing; Intron mobility; Metal substitution; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; ENDONUCLEASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; INTRON; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CHONDROMYCES; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM;

EID: 0031456272     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.5560061226     Document Type: Article

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