Direct interaction of aminopeptidase A with recombination site DNA in Xer site-specific recombination

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 5188-5197

  Alén, Claudia ^a   Sherratt, David J ^a   Colloms, Sean D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ArgR; cer; PepA; Site specific recombination; Xer

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; RECOMBINASE;

ARTICLE; DNA RECOMBINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOPEPTIDASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COLICINS; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GLUTAMYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; INTEGRASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEOPROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0342618313     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.17.5188     Document Type: Article

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