Characterization of the restriction enzyme-like endonuclease encoded by the Entamoeba histolytica non-long terminal repeat retrotransposon EhLINE1

FEBS Journal

Volumn 276, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 7070-7082

  Yadav, Vijay Pal ^a   Mandal, Prabhat Kumar ^a,c   Rao, Desirazu N ^b   Bhattacharya, Sudha ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

EhLINE; Entamoeba histolytica; Nicking endonuclease; Restriction endonuclease like endonuclease (RE like endonuclease); Retrotransposon encoded endonuclease

Indexed keywords

DNA; MAGNESIUM; METAL ION; MONOMER; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PDX 1;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; INCUBATION TIME; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; METAL BINDING; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RETROPOSON; STEADY STATE;

BINDING SITES; DNA; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; KINETICS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RETROELEMENTS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; PROTISTA;

EID: 70449698253     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07419.x     Document Type: Article

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