Cis preference of the IS903 transposase is mediated by a combination of transposase instability and inefficient translation

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1261-1272

  Derbyshire, Keith M ^a   Grindley, Nigel D F ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSPOSASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION INITIATION; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029832662     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1996.tb02587.x     Document Type: Article

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