Article
Site-specific recombination in human cells catalyzed by phage lambda integrase mutants.
Journal of molecular biology - 10 Mar 2000
Lorbach E, Christ N, Schwikardi M, Droge P
Abstract excerpt
Phage lambda Integrase (Int) is the prototype of the so-called integrase family of conservative site-specific recombinases, which includes Cre and FLP. The natural function of Int is to execute integration and excision of the phage into and out of the Escherichia coli genome, respectively. In contrast to Cre and FLP, however, wild-type Int requires accessory proteins and DNA supercoiling of target sites to...
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