Mutual activation of two restriction endonucleases: Interaction of EcoP1 and EcoP15

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 379, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 617-620

  Kunz, Andrea ^a   Mackeldanz, Petra ^a   Mücke, Merlind ^a   Meisel, Andreas ^a   Reuter, Monika ^a   Schroeder, Cornelia ^a   Krüger, Detlev H ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA restriction; Enzyme cooperation; Lac repressor; Site specific cleavage; Tracking collision model; Type III restriction endonucleases

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; TYPE I SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; TYPE III SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRESSOR GENE;

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE III SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031959695     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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