Mu transpositional recombination: Donor DNA cleavage and strand transfer in trans by the Mu transposase

Cell

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 271-280

  Savilahti, Harri ^a,b   Mizuuchi, Kiyoshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; TRANSPOSASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DNA STRAND; DNA TRANSPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY;

EID: 0029986753     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81103-4     Document Type: Article

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