Modulation of the active complex assembly and turnover rate by protein-DNA interactions in Cre-LoxP recombination

Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 6814-6826

  Martin, Shelley S ^a   Chu, Victor C ^a   Baldwin, Enoch ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEINS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

SEQUENCE DISCRIMINATION;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

CRE RECOMBINASE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN LOXP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TURNOVER TIME;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BASE PAIRING; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ELECTROSTATICS; INTEGRASES; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TITRIMETRY; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0037646918     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi0272306     Document Type: Article

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