A single catalytic domain of the junction-resolving enzyme T7 endonuclease I is a non-specific nicking endonuclease

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 33, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 6225-6234

  Guan, Chudi ^a   Kumar, Sanjay ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HELIX; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANS SPLICING;

BACTERIOPHAGE T7; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA, CRUCIFORM; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION RESOLVASES; PEPTIDES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 28544440093     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gki921     Document Type: Article

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