Mechanistic insight into Type I restriction endonucleases

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2122-2139

  Youell, James ^a   Firman, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endonuclease; Mechanism; Review; Structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860427560     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/4041     Document Type: Review

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