Comparative kinetic analysis of FLP and Cre recombinases: Mathematical models for DNA binding and recombination

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 284, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 363-384

  Ringrose, Leonie ^a   Lounnas, Valere ^b   Ehrlich, Lutz ^a   Buchholz, Frank ^c   Wade, Rebecca ^a   Stewart, A Francis ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cre; DNA binding; FLP; Kinetic; Recombination

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA RECOMBINATION; ENZYME KINETICS; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032573418     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2149     Document Type: Article

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