Endonuclease VII has two DNA-binding sites each composed from one N- and one C-terminus provided by different subunits of the protein dimer

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 4527-4534

  Birkenbihl, Rainer P ^a   Kemper, Börries ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cruciform DNA; DNA protein interaction; Holliday structure; Protein structure; Recombination

Indexed keywords

DIMER; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ENDONUCLEASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA BINDING; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIOPHAGE T4; BINDING SITES; DIMERIZATION; DNA; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS;

NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032480016     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.15.4527     Document Type: Article

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