Two abundant intramolecular transposition products, resulting from reactions initiated at a single end, suggest that IS2 transposes by an unconventional pathway

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 517-529

  Lewis, Leslie A ^a,b   Grindley, Nigel D F ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID PROTEIN; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030875734     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1997.4871848.x     Document Type: Article

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