Contributions of supercoiling to Tn3 resolvase and phage Mu Gin site-specific recombination

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 256, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 50-65

  Benjamin, Kirsten R ^a   Abola, A Pia ^a   Kanaar, Roland ^a,b   Cozzarelli, Nicholas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Catenanes; Gin; Resolvase; Site specific recombination; Supercoiling

Indexed keywords

BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; DNA; RECOMBINASE; RESOLVASE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE MU; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA SUPERCOILING; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029995006     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0067     Document Type: Article

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