The ParB protein encoded by the RP4 par region is a Ca2+-dependent nuclease linearizing circular DNA substrates

Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3889-3898

  Grohmann, Elisabeth ^a,b   Stanzer, Thomas ^a   Schwab, Helmut ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Circular DNA; Endonuclease; Plasmid stability; RP4

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CIRCULAR DNA; EDETIC ACID; NUCLEASE; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; ENZYME INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031465115     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-12-3889     Document Type: Article

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