Characterization of the C-Terminal DNA-binding/DNA endonuclease region of a group II intron-encoded protein

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 324, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 933-951

  San Filippo, Joseph ^a   Lambowitz, Alan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA endonuclease; DNA protein interaction; Metalloenzyme; Retrotransposon; Ribozyme

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CYSTEINE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DNA; MAGNESIUM; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; ZINC; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COLICIN; DIVALENT CATION; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE VII; LTRA PROTEIN, LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BIOASSAY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CROSS LINKING; DNA BINDING; DNA BINDING MOTIF; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; INTRON; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MUTANT; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; STOICHIOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WILD TYPE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CATALYSIS; CATIONS, DIVALENT; COLICINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; INTRONS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MAGNESIUM; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ZINC;

EID: 0037073484     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)01147-6     Document Type: Article

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