Functional properties of the thermostable mutL from Thermotoga maritima

BMB Reports

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-58

  Kim, Tae Gyun ^a   Heo, Seong dal ^a   Ku, Ja Kang ^a   Ban, Changill ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

ADPnP; MMR; MutL; MutS; Self aggregate; ssDNA; Thermotoga maritima

Indexed keywords

THERMOTOGA MARITIMA;

EID: 62349101744     PISSN: 19766696     EISSN: 1976670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5483/BMBRep.2009.42.1.053     Document Type: Article

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