Site-specific recombinases: Molecular machines for the Genetic Revolution

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 473, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 673-684

  Olorunniji, Femi J ^a   Rosser, Susan J ^b   Stark, W Marshall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genome engineering; Recombinase; RMCE; Sitespecific recombination; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; RECOMBINASE; SERINE; SERINE RECOMBINASE; SITE SPECIFIC RECOMBINASE; TYROSINE; TYROSINE RECOMBINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA; DNA POLYMERASE; SITE-SPECIFIC RECOMBINASE;

ENZYME STRUCTURE; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; REVIEW; TOXICITY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; DNA; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

EID: 84975127165     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20151112     Document Type: Review

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