The amino terminus of bacteriophage λ integrase is involved in protein- protein interactions during recombination

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1024-1034

  Jessop, Lea ^a   Bankhead, Troy ^a   Wong, David ^a   Segall, Anca M ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; DIMER; HISTIDINE; INTEGRASE; MONOMER; TETRAMER;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ATTACHMENT SITES, MICROBIOLOGICAL; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DIMERIZATION; DNA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, VIRAL; INTEGRASES; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE;

EID: 0033984721     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.4.1024-1034.2000     Document Type: Article

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