Mechanism of Holliday junction resolution by the human GEN1 protein

Genes and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1559-1569

  Rass, Ulrich ^a   Compton, Sarah A ^b   Matos, Joao ^a   Singleton, Martin R ^a   Ip, Stephen C Y ^a,c   Blanco, Miguel G ^a   Griffith, Jack D ^b   West, Stephen C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

DNA repair; DNA replication; Electron microscopy; EXO1; FEN1; Recombination; Structure specific nuclease

Indexed keywords

FLAP ENDONUCLEASE; NUCLEASE; PROTEIN GEN 1; RESOLVASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

DNA REPAIR; DNA, CRUCIFORM; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLAP ENDONUCLEASES; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION RESOLVASES; HUMANS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77954838714     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.585310     Document Type: Article

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