Thermodynamics of DNA target site recognition by homing endonucleases

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 35, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 7209-7221

  Eastberg, Jennifer H ^a,b   Smith, Audrey Mcconnell ^a   Zhao, Lei ^a,b   Ashworth, Justin ^b   Shen, Betty W ^a   Stoddard, Barry L ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; DNA BINDING; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; GENE TARGETING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

BASE PAIR MISMATCH; CALORIMETRY; DIMERIZATION; DNA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 37549034617     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm867     Document Type: Article

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