Bacteriophage T4 endonuclease II, a promiscuous GIY-YIG nuclease, binds as a tetramer to two DNA substrates

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 37, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 6174-6183

  Lagerbäck, Pernilla ^a   Andersson, Evalena ^b   Malmberg, Christer ^a   Carlson, Karin ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE T4 ENDONUCLEASE II; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; TETRAMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GEL FILTRATION; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING;

BACTERIOPHAGE T4; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

EID: 70350666274     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp652     Document Type: Article

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