Role of nucleotide sequences of loxP spacer region in Cre-mediated recombination

Gene

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-65

  Lee, Gwang ^a,b   Saito, Izumu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cre recombinase; Intermediate; Recombinant adenovirus

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINASE; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; MAMMAL CELL; MUTANT; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INTEGRASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POINT MUTATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; VIRAL PROTEINS;

ADENOVIRIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032541483     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00325-4     Document Type: Article

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