Measurements of DNA-loop formation via Cre-mediated recombination

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 40, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 7452-7464

  Shoura, Massa J ^a   Vetcher, Alexandre A ^a   Giovan, Stefan M ^a   Bardai, Farah ^a   Bharadwaj, Anusha ^a   Kesinger, Matthew R ^a   Levene, Stephen D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; CRE RECOMBINASE; METAL ION; PLASMID DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA LOOP; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SUPERCOILING; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MECHANISM; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

DNA; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; INTEGRASES; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84867327654     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks430     Document Type: Article

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