Biochemical characterization of Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120 non- specific nuclease NucA and its inhibitor NuiA

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 251, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 924-934

  Meiss, Gregor ^a   Franke, Ingo ^a   Gimadutdinow, Oleg ^b   Urbanke, Claus ^c   Pingoud, Alfred ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b KAZAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nuclease; Nuclease inhibitor; Protein protein interaction; Steady state kinetics

Indexed keywords

NUCLEASE;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

EID: 0032006766     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2510924.x     Document Type: Article

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