A new Holliday junction resolving enzyme from Schizosaccharomyces pombe that is homologous to CCE1 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 272, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 509-522

  Whitby, Matthew C ^a   Dixon, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CCE1; Endonuclease; Holliday junction; Recombination; RuvC

Indexed keywords

RESOLVASE; THYMIDINE;

ARTICLE; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0031551571     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1286     Document Type: Article

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