Homing endonuclease I-TevIII: Dimerization as a means to a double-strand break

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1589-1600

  Robbins, Justin B ^a   Stapleton, Michelle ^a   Stanger, Matthew J ^a   Smith, Dorie ^a   Dansereau, John T ^a   Derbyshire, Victoria ^b   Belfort, Marlene ^b  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA STRAND; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF;

BACTERIOPHAGE T4; BINDING SITES; CATALYSIS; DIMERIZATION; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; INTRONS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; ZINC;

EID: 34247102149     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl1170     Document Type: Article

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