Guide-independent DNA cleavage by archaeal Argonaute from Methanocaldococcus jannaschii

Nature Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Zander, Adrian ^a   Willkomm, Sarah ^a   Ofer, Sapir ^b   Van Wolferen, Marleen ^c   Egert, Luisa ^a   Buchmeier, Sabine ^d   Stöckl, Sarah ^a   Tinnefeld, Philip ^d   Schneider, Sabine ^e   Klingl, Andreas ^f   Albers, Sonja Verena ^c   Werner, Finn ^b   Grohmann, Dina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL DNA; ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; CIRCULAR DNA; DNA; ENDONUCLEASE; PROTEIN BINDING;

CHEMISTRY; DNA CLEAVAGE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS; PLASMID;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; ARGONAUTE PROTEINS; DNA; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, CIRCULAR; ENDONUCLEASES; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 85015994498     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20585276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2017.34     Document Type: Article

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