Structural plasticity of the Flp-Holliday junction complex

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 326, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 425-434

  Conway, Adam B ^a   Chen, Yu ^a   Rice, Phoebe A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Flp recombinase; Half of the sites activity; Holliday junction

Indexed keywords

DNA; PHOSPHOTYROSINE; RECOMBINASE; TETRAMER; TYROSINE;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; DNA BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; WILD TYPE;

EID: 0037436326     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(02)01370-0     Document Type: Article

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