Functional characterization of isoschizomeric His-Cys box homing endonucleases from Naegleria

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 24, 2000, Pages 7257-7266

  Elde, Morten ^a   Willassen, Nils P ^a   Johansen, Steinar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

DNA cleavage; Group I intron; Homing endonuclease; Naegleria; Zinc binding motif

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CYSTEINE; DIVALENT CATION; ENDONUCLEASE; HISTIDINE; MAGNESIUM ION; MANGANESE; METAL ION; RIBOSOME DNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; ZINC ION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; INTRON; NAEGLERIA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034530009     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01862.x     Document Type: Article

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