Characterization of bacillus subtilis ExoA Protein: A Multifunctional DNA-repair Enzyme Similar to the Escherichia coli exonuclease III

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1528-1534

  Shida, Toshio ^a   Ogawa, Tomoyoshi ^a   Ogasawara, Naotake ^b   Sekiguchi, Junichi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

AP endonuclease; Bacillus subtilis; ExoA; Multifunctional DNA repair enzyme; Synthetic DNA

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE IV; DNA (APURINIC OR APYRIMIDINIC SITE) LYASE; ENDONUCLEASE IV, E COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE III; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE V; LYASE; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; PRIMER DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE H;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBON-OXYGEN LYASES; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE IV (PHAGE T4-INDUCED); DNA LIGASES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-(APURINIC OR APYRIMIDINIC SITE) LYASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE V; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MUTATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEASE H, CALF THYMUS;

EID: 0033193618     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.63.1528     Document Type: Article

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