Spermidine biases the resolution of holliday junctions by phage λ integrase

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 716-727

  Boldt, Jeffrey L ^a   Kepple, Kevin V ^a   Cassell, Geoffrey D ^a   Segall, Anca M ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRASE; SPERMIDINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; IN VITRO STUDY; ISOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; WILD TYPE;

ATTACHMENT SITES, MICROBIOLOGICAL; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; CATIONS, DIVALENT; DNA, CRUCIFORM; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; INTEGRASES; ISOMERISM; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SPERMIDINE;

ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE LAMBDA;

EID: 33847414080     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl1078     Document Type: Article

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