Gain-of-function mutations in TnsC, an ATP-dependent transposition protein that activates the bacterial transposon Tn7

Genetics

Volumn 145, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 573-585

  Stellwagen, Anne E ^a   Craig, Nancy L ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL DNA; TRANSPOSASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MUTATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031017325     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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