Protein-induced Local DNA Bends Regulate Global Topology of Recombination Products

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 368, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 170-182

  Du, Quan ^a   Livshits, Alexei ^a   Kwiatek, Agnieszka ^b   Jayaram, Makkuni ^b   Vologodskii, Alexander ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cre; DNA topology; Flp; site specific recombination; tyrosine family of recombinases

Indexed keywords

CATENANE; CRE RECOMBINASE; CURVED DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; RECOMBINASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLIZATION; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; HEAD; LOXP SITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN TARGETING; TAIL; THEORETICAL MODEL; VALIDITY;

SYNAPSIS;

EID: 33947324808     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.02.010     Document Type: Article

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