Specificity determinants for bacteriophage Hong Kong 022 integrase: Analysis of mutants with relaxed core-binding specificities

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 424-436

  Cheng, Qlong ^a   Swalla, Brian M ^a   Beck, Michael ^a   Alcaraz Jr , Renato ^a   Gumport, Richard I ^a   Gardner, Jeffrey F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE HKO22; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BINDING SITE; ENZYME BINDING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ATTACHMENT SITES, MICROBIOLOGICAL; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTEGRASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SIPHOVIRIDAE; VIRAL CORE PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0034016088     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01860.x     Document Type: Article

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