Unveiling two distinct ribonuclease activities and a topoisomerase activity in a site-specific DNA recombinase

Molecular Cell

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 729-739

  Xu, Chong Jun ^a   Grainge, Ian ^a   Lee, Jehee ^b   Harshey, Rasika M ^a   Jayaram, Makkuni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Jeju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; FUNGAL PROTEIN; FUNGAL RNA; RECOMBINASE; RIBONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE I; FUNGAL PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; RIBONUCLEASES; RNA, FUNGAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032037326     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80072-6     Document Type: Article

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