T4 DNA ligase is more than an effective trap of cyclized dsDNA

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 35, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 5294-5302

  Yuan, Chongli ^a   Lou, Xiong Wen ^a   Rhoades, Elizabeth ^a   Chen, Huimin ^a   Archer, Lynden A ^a  

^a School of Chemical and Molecular Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINOPURINE; CURVED DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; T4 POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BINDING COMPETITION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIZATION; DNA BINDING; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; GENE INSERTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

2-AMINOPURINE; BASE PAIRING; CYCLIZATION; DIFFUSION; DNA; DNA LIGASES; DNA, CIRCULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 34548770048     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm582     Document Type: Article

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