A novel DNA binding and nuclease activity in domain III of Mu transposase: Evidence for a catalytic region involved in donor cleavage

EMBO Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 15, 1995, Pages 3835-3843

  Wu, Zhenguo ^a   Chaconas, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Active site; Catalysis; DNA binding; Mu transposase; Nuclease

Indexed keywords

NUCLEASE; TETRAMER; TRANSPOSASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA TRANSPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MUTAGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

EID: 0029151254     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1995.tb00053.x     Document Type: Article

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