Interactions of the Caulobacter crescentus XerC and XerD recombinases with the E. coli dif site

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 222, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 257-262

  Jouan, Loubna ^a   Szatmari, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caulobacter crescentus; dif; Site specific recombination; Tyrosine recombinases

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIMER; HYBRID PROTEIN; RECOMBINASE;

ARTICLE; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; DNA BINDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION;

CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0038397489     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(03)00311-2     Document Type: Article

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