Zinc finger recombinases with adaptable DNA sequence specificity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Proudfoot, Chris ^a   McPherson, Arlene L ^a   Kolb, Andreas F ^b   Stark, W Marshall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER RECOMBINASE; CASEIN; DNA; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BETA CASEIN GENE; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; ZINC FINGER MOTIF; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BOVINAE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CASEINS; CATTLE; DNA; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 79955769262     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019537     Document Type: Article

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