Structural basis for sequence-dependent DNA cleavage by nonspecific endonucleases
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Structural basis for sequence-dependent DNA cleavage by nonspecific endonucleases
Nonspecific endonucleases hydrolyze DNA without sequence specificity but with sequence preference, however the structural basis for cleavage preference remains elusive. We show here that the nonspecific endonuclease ColE7 cleaves DNA with a preference for making nicks after (at 3'O-side) thymine bases but the periplasmic nuclease Vvn cleaves DNA more evenly with little sequence preference. The ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nucleic Acids Research
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0305-1048,1362-4962
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl621