Communication between Hin recombinase and Fis regulatory subunits coordinate activation during of Hin-catalyzed site-specific DNA inversion

Genes and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 2803-2816

  Merickel, Stacy K ^a   Haykinson, Michael J ^a   Johnson, Reid C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA invertase; Enhancer; Fis; Invertasome; Site specific DNA recombination

Indexed keywords

DNA; RECOMBINASE;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA RECOMBINATION; ENHANCER REGION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING;

EID: 0032167803     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.17.2803     Document Type: Article

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