Purification and characterization of the integrase from the Haemophilus influenzae bacteriophage HP1; identification of a four-stranded intermediate and the order of strand exchange

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 147-158

  Hakimi, Janette M ^a,b   Scocca, John J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030016760     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.6311351.x     Document Type: Article

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