The Tn7 transposase is a heteromeric complex in which DNA breakage and joining activities are distributed between different gene products

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 6348-6361

  Sarnovsky, Robert J ^a   May, Earl W ^a   Craig, Nancy L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Active site; DD(35)E motif; DNA transposition; Protein DNA complex; Transposase

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; INTEGRASE; TRANSPOSASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CATALYSIS; DNA BINDING; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0029858349     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb01024.x     Document Type: Article

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