The search for a human Holliday junction resolvase

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 519-526

  West, Stephen C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GEN1; Holliday junction; Resolvase; Xeroderma pigmentosum complementation group G (XPG)

Indexed keywords

CROSSOVER JUNCTION ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; PROTEIN GEN1; PROTEIN YEN1; RIBONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DNA, CRUCIFORM; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION RESOLVASES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 67749116521     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0370519     Document Type: Article

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