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prophage integrase activity

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0008979

Catalysis of the integration of prophage DNA into a target DNA molecule, usually a bacterial chromosome, via a sequence-specific recombination event which involves the formation of an intasome, a DNA-protein-complex designed for site-specific recombination of the phage and host DNA. [ ]

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prophage integrase activity

Synonyms

integrase activity involved in establishment of integrated proviral latency

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GO:0008979

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site-specific recombinase activity
integrase activity
part of some establishment of integrated proviral latency