Homing endonucleases encoded by germ line-limited genes in Tetrahymena thermophila have Apetela2 DNA binding domains

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 685-694

  Wuitschick, Jeffrey D ^a,b   Lindstrom, Paul R ^a,c   Meyer, Alison E ^a,d   Karrer, Kathleen M ^a,b  

^a Marquette University   (United States)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ENDONUCLEASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDONUCLEASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

ANIMALIA; CILIOPHORA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 2942683518     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.3.3.685-694.2004     Document Type: Article

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