DNA translocation blockage, a general mechanism of cleavage site selection by type I restriction enzymes

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2638-2647

  Janscak, Pavel ^c   MacWilliams, Maria P ^b   Sandmeier, Ursula ^c   Nagaraja, Valakunja ^a   Bickle, Thomas A ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

DNA supercoiling; DNA translocation; Holliday junction; Type I restriction enzyme

Indexed keywords

DNA; TYPE I SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SUPERCOILING; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION;

EID: 0033522512     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.9.2638     Document Type: Article

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