Mutations in the amino-terminal domain of λ-integrase have differential effects on integrative and excisive recombination

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1104-1112

  Warren, David ^a   Lee, Sang Yeol ^a   Landy, Arthur ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRASE; LAMBDA INTEGRASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA RECOMBINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTEGRASES; MUTAGENESIS; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 14544273672     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04447.x     Document Type: Article

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