Enzymatic capture of an extrahelical thymine in the search for uracil in DNA

Nature

Volumn 449, Issue 7161, 2007, Pages 433-437

  Parker, Jared B ^a   Bianchet, Mario A ^a   Krosky, Daniel J ^a   Friedman, Joshua I ^a   Amzel, L Mario ^a   Stivers, James T ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; DEOXYURIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE PYROPHOSPHATASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GUANINE; THYMINE; URACIL DNA GLYCOSIDASE;

DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENOME; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MUTATION; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DEAMINATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34848899274     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06131     Document Type: Article

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