A purified mariner transposase is sufficient to mediate transposition in vitro

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 5470-5479

  Lampe, David J ^a,b   Churchill, Mair E A ^b   Robertson, Hugh M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Host factors; Mariner; Transposase; Transposition assay; Transposon

Indexed keywords

TRANSPOSASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FLY; GENE TRANSFER; INSECT; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALIA; HAEMATOBIA IRRITANS; INSECTA;

EID: 0029818461     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00930.x     Document Type: Article

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