Tn7 transposition as a probe of cis interactions between widely separated (190 kilobases apart) DNA sites in the Escherichia coli chromosome

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 6184-6191

  Deboy, Robert T ^a   Craig, Nancy L ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CIS ISOMER; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IMMUNOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029858778     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.21.6184-6191.1996     Document Type: Article

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