Atgen1 and atsend1, Two paralogs in arabidopsis, Possess holliday junction resolvase activity

Plant Physiology

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 202-216

  Bauknecht, Markus ^a   Kobbe, Daniela ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CROSSOVER JUNCTION ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; CRUCIFORM DNA; SEND1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, CRUCIFORM; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION RESOLVASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 84907047351     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.237834     Document Type: Article

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