The monomeric homing endonuclease PI-SceI has two catalytic centres for cleavage of the two strands of its DNA substrate

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 6908-6916

  Christ, Frauke ^a   Schoettler, Sylvia ^a   Wende, Wolfgang ^a   Steuer, Shawn ^a   Pingoud, Alfred ^a   Pingoud, Vera ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intein; Metal ion footprinting; Phosphorothioates; Photocross linking

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; ISOTOPE LABELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033573087     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.24.6908     Document Type: Article

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