Evidence for a physical interaction between the Escherichia coli methyl-directed mismatch repair proteins MutL and UvrD

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1535-1541

  Hall, Mark C ^a   Jordan, J Ryan ^a   W matson, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mismatch repair; MutL; Protein protein interaction; Two hybrid system; UvrD

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BASE MISPAIRING; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA METABOLISM; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AFFINITY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE DELETION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032473429     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.5.1535     Document Type: Article

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