Natural zinc ribbon HNH endonucleases and engineered zinc finger nicking endonuclease

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 378-390

  Xu, Shuang Yong ^a   Gupta, Yogesh K ^b  

^a NEW ENGLAND BIOLABS   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; HNH ENDONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER NICKING ENDONUCLEASE; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS PHAGE; CHIMERA; ENZYME ENGINEERING; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS PHAGES; BACTERIOPHAGES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; KINETICS; LACTOBACILLUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROPHAGES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 84871802688     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks1043     Document Type: Article

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