A motif in the C-terminal domain of φC31 integrase controls the directionality of recombination

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3879-3891

  Rowley, Paul A ^a   Smith, Matthew C A ^b   Younger, Ellen ^a   Smith, Margaret C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRASE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MUTAGENESIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ATTACHMENT SITES, MICROBIOLOGICAL; BACTERIOPHAGES; INTEGRASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; STREPTOMYCES; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 47249159961     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn269     Document Type: Article

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