Recognition of core-type DNA sites by λ integrase

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 279, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 513-527

  Tirumalai, Radhakrishna S ^a   Kwon, Hyock Joo ^b   Cardente, Erica Healey ^a   Ellenberger, Tom ^b   Landy, Arthur ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA binding protein; Photocrosslinking; Protein domain structure; Protein modification; Site specific recombination

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; INTEGRASE; RECOMBINASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COLIPHAGE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA STRAND; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; COLI PHAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0032511135     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1786     Document Type: Article

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