Maize Activator transposase has a bipartite DNA binding domain that recognizes subterminal sequences and the terminal inverted repeats

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 254, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 219-230

  Becker, Heinz Albert ^a   Kunze, Reinhard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ac transposable element; DNA binding domain; Gel retardation assay; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PLANT DNA; REPETITIVE DNA; TRANSPOSASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSITION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; MAIZE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSPOSON;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSPOSASES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030892130     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050410     Document Type: Article

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