Recognition of core binding sites by bacteriophage integrases

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 277, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1059-1070

  Dorgai, László ^a,b   Sloan, Sieghild ^a   Weisberg, Robert A ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b Institute for Biotechnology Szeged   (Hungary)

Author keywords

DNA protein interaction; Evolution; Lysogeny; Site specific recombination; Specificity determinants

Indexed keywords

DNA; INTEGRASE; NUCLEOTIDE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RECOMBINATION; ENZYME BINDING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0032540301     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.1642     Document Type: Article

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