Topoisomerase IV, not gyrase, decatenates products of site-specific recombination in Escherichia coli

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 19, 1997, Pages 2580-2592

  Zechiedrich, E Lynn ^a,b   Khodursky, Arkady B ^a   Cozzarelli, Nicholas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA supercoiling; Quinolones; Tn3 resolvase; Topoisomerase I; integrase

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE (ATP HYDROLYSING); INTEGRASE; NORFLOXACIN; RESOLVASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SUPERCOILING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0030771373     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.19.2580     Document Type: Article

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