Role of protein-induced bending in the specificity of DNA recognition: Crystal structure of EcoRV endonuclease complexed with d(AAAGAT) + d(ATCTT)

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 277, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 779-787

  Horton, Nancy C ^a   Perona, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA bending; DNA structure; Protein nucleic acid recognition; Restriction enzyme; Substrate specificity

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032502924     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1655     Document Type: Article

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