The molecular basis of co-operative DNA binding between lambda integrase and excisionase

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 89-99

  Swalla, Brian M ^a   Hee Cho, Eun ^b   Gumport, Richard I ^c   Gardner, Jeffrey F ^d  

^a Optigenix Inc   (United States)

^b Chosun University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE DNA; ENZYME; EXCISIONASE; INTEGRASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ATTACHMENT SITES, MICROBIOLOGICAL; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BINDING SITES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, VIRAL; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; INTEGRASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS ACTIVATION; VIRUS INTEGRATION;

BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; GENETTA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0141818942     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03687.x     Document Type: Article

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