Engineering Nt.BtsCI and Nb.BtsCI nicking enzymes and applications in generating long overhangs

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1294-1303

  Too, Priscilla Hiu Mei ^a   Zhu, Zhenyu ^a   Chan, Siu Hong ^a   Xu, Shuang Yong ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DNA; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE FOKI; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ENGINEERING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN VARIANT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA; DNA RESTRICTION-MODIFICATION ENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 77950364053     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp1092     Document Type: Article

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