Orchestrating serine resolvases

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 384-387

  Rice, Phoebe A ^a   Mouw, Kent W ^a   Montaño, Sherwin P ^a   Boocock, Martin R ^b   Rowland, Sally J ^b   Stark, W Marshall ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crossover site; DNA bending protein; Protein DNA interaction; Recombination; Serine recombinase; Synaptosome

Indexed keywords

CURVED DNA; RECOMBINASE; RESOLVASE; SERINE RESOLVASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA; DNA POLYMERASE; SERINE; SIN PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOSOME; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SERINE;

EID: 77953239732     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0380384     Document Type: Review

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