2006
Mechanisms of Site-Specific Recombination*
Grindley ND, Whiteson KL, Rice PA. Mechanisms of Site-Specific Recombination*. Annual Review Of Biochemistry 2006, 75: 567-605. PMID: 16756503, DOI: 10.1146/annurev.biochem.73.011303.073908.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSite-specific recombinationSerine recombinasesCovalent protein-DNA linkageTyrosine recombinasesSite-specific recombination processSophisticated regulatory mechanisms
1994
Resolvase-Mediated Site-Specific Recombination
Grindley N. Resolvase-Mediated Site-Specific Recombination. Nucleic Acids And Molecular Biology 1994, 8: 236-267. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-78666-2_14.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSite-specific recombinationConservative site-specific recombinationPlasmid chromosomesFunctional genesPhage genomeDNA segmentsSynthesis of DNABiological roleGene expressionChromosomal integrationMost biological systemsGene cassettesTransposition intermediatesReciprocal exchangeRecombinationBiological systemsGenomeChromosomesResolvaseGenesDNACassetteMonomerizationExpression
1990
The two functional domains of gamma delta resolvase act on the same recombination site: implications for the mechanism of strand exchange.
Dröge P, Hatfull G, Grindley N, Cozzarelli N. The two functional domains of gamma delta resolvase act on the same recombination site: implications for the mechanism of strand exchange. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1990, 87: 5336-5340. PMID: 2164677, PMCID: PMC54318, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.87.14.5336.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDNA-protein complexesRecombination sitesSite-specific recombinationGamma delta resolvaseDNA exchangeCatalytic domainStrand exchangeFunctional domainsResolvaseResolvase subunitsDNA strandsRes sitesSynaptic complexDNAStrand breakageRecombinationReunion eventDomainSitesComplexesSubunitsStrandsBreakageSynaptosomes
1986
Analysis of gamma delta resolvase mutants in vitro: evidence for an interaction between serine-10 of resolvase and site I of res.
Hatfull G, Grindley N. Analysis of gamma delta resolvase mutants in vitro: evidence for an interaction between serine-10 of resolvase and site I of res. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1986, 83: 5429-5433. PMID: 3016704, PMCID: PMC386300, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.83.15.5429.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSerine 10Resolvase mutantsRecombinational activitySite-specific recombination proteinsProtein-DNA complexesPosition 10Site-specific recombinationRecombination proteinsActive site serineMutant proteinsRecombinational crossover pointMutantsResolvaseRecombinational sitesLeucine changeSerineSite ICysteine changeGel electrophoresisSpecific defectsComplex formationCointegrate moleculeTransposon gamma deltaProteinDNA
1984
Mutants of the γδ resolvase: A genetic analysis of the recombination function
Newman B, Grindley N. Mutants of the γδ resolvase: A genetic analysis of the recombination function. Cell 1984, 38: 463-469. PMID: 6088082, DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(84)90501-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAmino acid amino-terminal domainAmino-terminal domainDifferent amino acid substitutionsSite-specific recombinationGamma delta transposonAmino acid substitutionsRecombination functionsTransposon genesIndependent mutantsCatalytic domainRelated recombinasesGenetic analysisDistinct residuesΓδ resolvaseMutantsAcid substitutionsResolvaseRegulatory propertiesCrossover sitesAmino acidsResolvase proteinCointegrate resolutionRecombinasesTransposonGenes
1981
Transposon-mediated site-specific recombination in vitro: DNA cleavage and protein-DNA linkage at the recombination site
Reed R, Grindley N. Transposon-mediated site-specific recombination in vitro: DNA cleavage and protein-DNA linkage at the recombination site. Cell 1981, 25: 721-728. PMID: 6269756, DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(81)90179-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSite-specific recombinationTransposable element gamma deltaDNA cleavageTnpR genePalindromic sequence 5'Intercistronic regionSequence 5DNA moleculesResolution siteResolvaseSame substrate moleculeRecombination sitesAbsence of Mg2Substrate moleculesGenesSame repliconRecombinationDNACleavageTransposonRes sitesSites