Xer-mediated site-specific recombination in vitro

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1172-1181

  Colloms, Sean D ^a   McCulloch, Richard ^a,b   Grant, Karen ^a,c   Neilson, Liam ^a   Sherratt, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cer; psi; Recombinase; Site specific recombination; Xer

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; RECOMBINASE; TYROSINE;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA STRAND; DNA SUPERCOILING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

EID: 0029964042     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00456.x     Document Type: Article

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