Homing endonucleases: Structural and functional insight into the catalysts of intron/intein mobility

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 29, Issue 18, 2001, Pages 3757-3774

  Chevalier, B S ^a   Stoddard, B L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; ENDONUCLEASE; INTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CATALYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; INTRON; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FAMILY;

EID: 0035883706     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/29.18.3757     Document Type: Article

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