A chimeric Cre recombinase with regulated directionality

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 47, 2008, Pages 18278-18283

  Warren, David ^a   Laxmikanthan, Gurunathan ^a   Landy, Arthur ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

recombinase; Bacteriophage; Evolution; Site specific recombination

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; FACTOR FOR INVERSION STIMULATION; IHF PROTEIN; RECOMBINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XIS PROTEIN;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BINDING SITE; EUKARYOTE; GENE TARGETING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; COLIPHAGES; DNA PRIMERS; INTEGRASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 57449089183     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0809949105     Document Type: Article

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