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Title: Site-specific cleavage of duplex DNA with a. lambda. repressor-staphylococcal nuclease hybrid

Journal Article · · Journal of the American Chemical Society; (USA)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00167a085· OSTI ID:6644217
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  1. Univ. of California, Berkeley (USA)

The development of reagents capable of selective cleavage of large double-stranded DNA would greatly facilitate the manipulation and mapping of genomic DNA. We report here the design and synthesis of a {lambda} repressor-staphylococcal nuclease hybrid protein capable of efficient hydrolysis of both linear and supercoiled duplex DNA. The repressor domain of the hybrid nuclease binds specifically to its recognition sequence, {lambda} operator O{sub R}1 or O{sub L}1, and delivers the nuclease activity to DNA sequences adjacent to the repressor binding site.

OSTI ID:
6644217
Journal Information:
Journal of the American Chemical Society; (USA), Vol. 112:11; ISSN 0002-7863
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English