The small DNA binding domain of λ integrase is a context-sensitive modulator of recombinase functions

EMBO Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1203-1212

  Sarkar, D ^a   Radman Livaja, M ^a   Landy, A ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

integrase; DNA binding domains; Protein DNA interactions; Site specific recombination

Indexed keywords

INTEGRASE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RECOMBINASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA BINDING; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BINDING SITES; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE I; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; INTEGRASES; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035282917     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/20.5.1203     Document Type: Article

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