Factors responsible for target site selection in Tn10 transposition: A role for the DDE motif in target DNA capture

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2646-2655

  Junop, Murray S ^a   Haniford, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

DDE motif; DNA transposition; Protein DNA interactions; Target DNA

Indexed keywords

DNA; METAL ION; MUTANT PROTEIN; OLIGOMER; TRANSPOSASE;

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TRANSPOSON;

BASE SEQUENCE; CATIONS, DIVALENT; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; HEPARIN; MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSPOSASES;

EID: 0030959067     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.10.2646     Document Type: Article

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