The Escherichia coli Fis protein stimulates bacteriophage λ integrative recombination in vitro

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 3076-3080

  Esposito, Dominic ^a,b   Gerard, Gary F ^a,c  

^a Invitrogen Corporation   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^c Transgenomic Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FACTOR FOR INVERSION STIMULATION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HOST CELL; LYSOGENIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FACTOR FOR INVERSION STIMULATION PROTEIN; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037628814     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.10.3076-3080.2003     Document Type: Article

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