Assembly and orientation of Flp recombinase active sites on two-, three- and four-armed DNA substrates: Implications for a recombination mechanism

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 257, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 532-549

  Lee, Jehee ^a   Whang, Ilson ^a   Jayaram, Makkuni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Active site orientation; Directed protein replacement; Holliday junction; Site specific recombination; Y junction

Indexed keywords

MONOMER; RECOMBINASE; TYROSINE;

ARTICLE; DNA CLEAVAGE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

EID: 0029993536     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0183     Document Type: Article

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