A novel fruitfly protein under developmental control degrades uracil-DNA

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 355, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 643-648

  Békési, Angéla ^a   Pukáncsik, Mária ^a   Muha, Villo ^a   Zagyva, Imre ^a   Leveles, Ibolya ^a   Hunyadi Gulyás, Éva ^b   Klement, Éva ^b   Medzihradszky, Katalin F ^b   Kele, Zoltán ^c   Erdei, Anna ^d   Felföldi, Ferenc ^e   Kónya, Emese ^a   Vértessy, Beáta G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENZYMOLOGY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^d EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^e MolCat Ltd   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Development; Drosophila melanogaster; Metamorphosis; Nuclease; Pupating insect; Uracil DNA

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN; URACIL DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; DNA REPAIR; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE IDENTIFICATION; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; UPREGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA; DNA GLYCOSYLASES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; URACIL;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA;

EID: 33847267685     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.01.196     Document Type: Article

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