A novel endonuclease from kinetoplastid hemoflagellated protozoan parasite Leishmania

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1198-1205

  Mittra, Bidyottam ^a   Sadhukhan, Pranab K ^a   Majumder, Hemanta K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Endonuclease M; Kinetoplastid protozoa; Leishmania; Purification

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; ENDONUCLEASE; RIBONUCLEASE; RNA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA SUPERCOILING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; KINETOPLAST; LEISHMANIA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032415387     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022238     Document Type: Article

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