Stoichiometric incorporation of base substitutions at specific sites in supercoiled DNA and supercoiled recombination intermediates

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 38, Issue 18, 2010, Pages

  Matovina, Mihaela ^a   Seah, Nicole ^b   Hamilton, Theron ^c   Warren, David ^b   Landy, Arthur ^b  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LAC+USC Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR DNA; HETERODUPLEX; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; 5 CARBOXYTETRAMETHYLRHODAMINE SUCCINIMIDYL ESTER; 5-CARBOXYTETRAMETHYLRHODAMINE SUCCINIMIDYL ESTER; BACTERIOPHAGE RECEPTOR; CRUCIFORM DNA; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; RHODAMINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA REPLICATION ORIGIN; DNA SUPERCOILING; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PHAGEMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOICHIOMETRY; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; METABOLISM;

ATTACHMENT SITES, MICROBIOLOGICAL; DNA, CRUCIFORM; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPLICATION ORIGIN; RHODAMINES;

EID: 78649378908     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq674     Document Type: Article

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