Λ integrase and the Λ int family

Mobile DNA II

Volumn , Issue , 2022, Pages 142-148

  Azaro, Marco A ^a   Landy, Arthur ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage ; Site specific recombination; Topoisomerase; integrase

Indexed keywords

EID: 85158019877     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1128/9781555817954.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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