Real-time single-molecule tethered particle motion experiments reveal the kinetics and mechanisms of Cre-mediated site-specific recombination

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 40, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 6208-6222

  Fan, Hsiu Fang ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; DIVALENT CATION; DNA; MONOVALENT CATION; NUCLEOPROTEIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA STRAND; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MECHANISM; EXPERIMENT; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; LOXP SITE; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; SITE SPECIFIC RECOMBINATION; TETHERED PARTICLE MOTION; THERMOSTABILITY;

ATTACHMENT SITES, MICROBIOLOGICAL; CATIONS, DIVALENT; CATIONS, MONOVALENT; DNA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INTEGRASES; KINETICS; MOTION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84864482180     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks274     Document Type: Article

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