Purification and characterization of the R64 shufflon-specific recombinase

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2787-2792

  Gyohda, Atsuko ^a   Komano, Teruya ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RECOMBINASE; REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INVERSION, CHROMOSOME; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034060503     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.10.2787-2792.2000     Document Type: Article

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