Single-molecule analysis reveals the molecular bearing mechanism of DNA strand exchange by a serine recombinase

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 7419-7424

  Bai, Hua ^a,b   Sun, Mingxuan ^b   Ghosh, Pallavi ^c   Hatfull, Graham F ^c   Grindley, Nigel D F ^d   Marko, John F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA topology; Protein DNA interactions; Single DNA biophysics; Site specific recombination

Indexed keywords

BXB1 INTEGRASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; RECOMBINASE; SERINE RECOMBINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA STRAND; DNA SUPERCOILING; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION;

BIOTIN; DIGOXIGENIN; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PLASMIDS; ROTATION; SERINE;

EID: 79956326013     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1018436108     Document Type: Article

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