The Kw recombinase, an integrase from Kluyveromyces waltii

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 248, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 903-912

  Ringrose, Leonie ^a   Angrand, Pierre Olivier ^a   Stewart, A Francis ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

FLP recombinase; Kluyveromyces waltii; Kw recombinase; Site specific recombinase

Indexed keywords

INTEGRASE; RECOMBINASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; KLUYVEROMYCES; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

KLUYVEROMYCES; KLUYVEROMYCES WALTII; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030865579     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1997.00903.x     Document Type: Article

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