Regulatory mutations in sin recombinase support a structure-based model of the synaptosome

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 282-298

  Rowland, Sally J ^a   Boocock, Martin R ^a   McPherson, Arlene L ^a   Mouw, Kent W ^b   Rice, Phoebe A ^b   Stark, W Marshall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RESOLVASE; SIN PROTEIN; TETRAMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CROSSING OVER; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SELECTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTOSOME;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 70349917544     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06756.x     Document Type: Article

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