A new member of the endonuclease III family of DNA repair enzymes that removes methylated purines from DNA

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 653-656

  Begley, Thomas J ^a   Haas, Brian J ^a   Noel, Jerry ^a   Shekhtman, Alexander ^a   Williams, William A ^a   Cunningham, Richard P ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 METHYLADENINE; 7 METHYLGUANINE; AQUIFEX AEOLICUS; CLONED GENE; DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; DNA REPAIR; ENDONUCLEASE III; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 0033577974     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80288-7     Document Type: Article

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