CTnDOT integrase interactions with attachment site DNA and control of directionality of the recombination reaction

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 3934-3943

  Wood, Margaret M ^a   DiChiara, Jeanne M ^b   Yoneji, Sumiko ^a   Gardner, Jeffrey F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE BINDING FACTOR; DNA; INTDOT ENZYME; INTEGRASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIOPHAGE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EXCISION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSPOSON; BACTEROIDES; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING;

ATTACHMENT SITES, MICROBIOLOGICAL; BACTEROIDES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; INTEGRASES; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 77955299185     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00351-10     Document Type: Article

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