Cre recombinase

Microbiology Spectrum

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  van Duyne, Gregory D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; INTEGRASE;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

INTEGRASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84955073001     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21650497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/microbiolspec.MDNA3-0014-2014     Document Type: Article

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