Site-specific recombination by φC31 integrase and other large serine recombinases

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 388-394

  Smith, Margaret C M ^a   Brown, William R A ^b   McEwan, Andrew R ^a   Rowley, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C31 integrase; Bacteriophage; Excision; Integration; Protein DNA interaction; Protein protein interaction; Serine recombinase

Indexed keywords

INTEGRASE; INTEGRASE BXB1; INTEGRASE PHI C31; RECOMBINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SERINE;

ATTB GENE; ATTP GENE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; ENZYME SUBUNIT; EXCISION REPAIR; GENE; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIOPHAGES; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; INTEGRASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SERINE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77953258878     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST0380388     Document Type: Review

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