The largest (70 kDa) product of the bacteriophage T4 DNA terminase gene 17 binds to single-stranded DNA segments and digests them towards junctions with double-stranded DNA

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 277, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 541-557

  Franklin, Jeffrey L ^a   Haseltine, David ^a   Davenport, Laura ^a   Mosig, Gisela ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ATPase; Bacteriophage T4; DNA packaging; Nuclease; Single stranded DNA binding protein

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; EDETIC ACID; MAGNESIUM ION; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; BINDING SITE; DNA REPLICATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RIBOSOME; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); T4 BACTERIOPHAGE; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0032478529     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1619     Document Type: Article

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