Exploring the DNA mimicry of the Ocr protein of phage T7

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 40, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 8129-8143

  Roberts, Gareth A ^a   Stephanou, Augoustinos S ^a   Kanwar, Nisha ^a   Dawson, Angela ^a   Cooper, Laurie P ^a   Chen, Kai ^a   Nutley, Margaret ^b   Cooper, Alan ^b   Blakely, Garry W ^a   Dryden, David T F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIOPHAGE DNA; MONOMER; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN OCR; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE T7; CELL VIABILITY; DNA BINDING; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA MODIFICATION; ENZYME METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; WILD TYPE;

CALORIMETRY; DNA; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MUTATION; SITE-SPECIFIC DNA-METHYLTRANSFERASE (ADENINE-SPECIFIC); VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84870535853     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks516     Document Type: Article

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