Site-specific recombination by Tn3 resolvase, photocrosslinked to its supercoiled DNA substrate

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 260, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 299-303

  McIlwraith, Michael J ^a,b   Boocock, Martin R ^a   Marshall Stark, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

5 iodouridine; DNA rearrangements; Photocrosslinking; Resolvase; Site specific recombination

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RESOLVASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DNA BINDING; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA SUPERCOILING; DNA TRANSPOSITION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME MECHANISM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING;

EID: 0030593482     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0400     Document Type: Editorial

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