Type II restriction endonuclease R.Kpnl is a member of the HNH nuclease superfamily

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 32, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 6129-6135

  Saravanan, Matheshwaran ^a   Bujnicki, Janusz M ^c   Cymerman, Iwona A ^c   Rao, Desirazu N ^a   Nagaraja, Valakunja ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; COLICIN; CYTOSINE; DNA; ENDONUCLEASE; GUANINE; MAGNESIUM ION; METAL ION; THYMINE; TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SERRATIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY, PROTEIN;

SERRATIA;

EID: 11344267268     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh951     Document Type: Article

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