Coevolution of a Homing Endonuclease and Its Host Target Sequence

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 372, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1305-1319

  Scalley Kim, Michelle ^a   McConnell Smith, Audrey ^a,b   Stoddard, Barry L ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA binding protein; homing endonuclease; specificity

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; CODON; COEVOLUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; INTRON; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548505001     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.07.052     Document Type: Article

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