Wild-type Flp recombinase cleaves DNA in trans

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 784-791

  Lee, Jehee ^b   Jayaram, Makkuni ^a   Grainge, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Jeju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Flp; Integrase family; Site specific recombinase; trans cleavage

Indexed keywords

DNA; INTEGRASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; RECOMBINASE;

ARTICLE; DNA CLEAVAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BASE SEQUENCE; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA, VIRAL; INTEGRASES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033081043     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.3.784     Document Type: Article

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