Geometry of site alignment during Int family recombination: Antiparallel synapsis by the Flp recombinase

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 298, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 749-764

  Grainge, Ian ^a   Buck, Dorothy ^a   Jayaram, Makkuni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiparallel synapse; DNA topology; Flp recombinase; Site specific recombination; Topological chirality

Indexed keywords

CATENANE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; INTEGRASE; RECOMBINASE; RESOLVASE;

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA NICK TRANSLATION; DNA SUPERCOILING; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GEOMETRY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034685618     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.3679     Document Type: Article

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