Swapping DNA strands and sensing homology without branch migration in λ site-specific recombination

Current Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 139-148

  Nunes Düby, Simone E ^a   Azaro, Marco A ^a   Landy, Arthur ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; INTEGRASE; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA, VIRAL; INTEGRASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0029240229     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(95)00035-2     Document Type: Article

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