Cleavage mechanism of human Mus81-Eme1 acting on Holliday-junction structures

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3757-3762

  Taylor, Ewan R ^a   McGowan, Clare H ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nuclease; Recombination repair

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN EME1; PROTEIN MUS81; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; CRUCIFORM DNA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; EME1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MUS81 PROTEIN, HUMAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PLASMID; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE;

DNA, CRUCIFORM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; ENDONUCLEASES; HUMANS; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 41649092091     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0710291105     Document Type: Article

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