Functional dissection of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe Holliday junction resolvase Ydc2: In vivo role in mitochondrial DNA maintenance

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 270, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 2837-2847

  Sigala, Barbara ^a   Tsaneva, Irina R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Holliday junction resolvase; mtDNA; Yeast

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RESOLVASE; RESOLVASE YDC2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA CONTENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; TRIPLE HELIX;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0038722191     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2003.03661.x     Document Type: Article

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