Lambda integrase cleaves DNA in cis.

The integrase family of site‐specific recombinases: regional similarities and global diversity.

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Medicine, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +17

Two related recombinases are required for site-specific recombination at dif and cer in E. coli K12

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Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology +15

Catalysis by site-specific recombinases

W. Marshall Stark, Martin R. Boocock, David J. Sherratt · Trends in Genetics · 1992 · 280 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +12

Site-specific recombination intermediates trapped with suicide substrates

Simone E. Nunes-Düby, Lloyd Matsumoto, Arthur Landy · Cell · 1987 · 222 citations

Medicine, Molecular Biology, Dna Repair +12

Suicide recombination substrates yield covalent lambda integrase-DNA complexes and lead to identification of the active site tyrosine.

Christopher A. Pargellis, Simone E. Nunes-Düby, Lina Moitoso de Vargas et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1988 · 190 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +13