Analysis of DNA Knots and Catenanes by Agarose-Gel Electrophoresis

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 94, Issue , 1999, Pages 75-85

  Levene, Stephen D ^a   Tsen, Hua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

attB Site; attP Site; Integration Host Factor; Minimal Crossing; Recombination Site

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR DNA; INTEGRASE; INTEGRATION HOST FACTOR;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PLASMID;

DNA, CIRCULAR; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; INTEGRASES; INTEGRATION HOST FACTORS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 4444363103     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1385/1-59259-259-7:75     Document Type: Chapter

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