Site-specific recombinases as tools for heterologous gene integration

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 227-239

  Hirano, Nobutaka ^a   Muroi, Tetsurou ^a   Takahashi, Hideo ^a   Haruki, Mitsuru ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Genome engineering; Integration; Serine type recombinase; Site specific recombination; Tyrosine type recombinase

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC MECHANISMS; GENOME ENGINEERING; HETEROLOGOUS GENES; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION INTERMEDIATES; IN-VIVO; PROTEIN SIZE; RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION MECHANISMS; SERINE RESIDUES; SERINE-TYPE RECOMBINASE; SITE-SPECIFIC; SITE-SPECIFIC RECOMBINATION; TYROSINE-TYPE RECOMBINASE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOPHAGES; DNA SEQUENCES; ENZYMES; GENES; INTEGRATION; NUCLEIC ACIDS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

AMINO ACIDS;

RECOMBINASE; SERINE; SITE SPECIFIC RECOMBINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME; LIFE CYCLE; PROTEIN; RECOMBINATION;

CATALYSIS; DNA INTEGRATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOMIC MANIPULATION; HETEROLOGOUS GENE INTEGRATION; HUMAN; ISOMERIZATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOPHAGES; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; EUKARYOTA; GENE TARGETING; HUMANS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 82455219275     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3519-5     Document Type: Review

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