Determinants of selectivity in Xer site-specific recombination

Genes and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 762-773

  Blakely, Garry ^a   Sherratt, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

recombinase; selectivity; Site specific recombination; Xer

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; RECOMBINASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029986069     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.6.762     Document Type: Article

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