Specific DNA cleavage mediated by the integrase of conjugative transposon Tn916

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1117-1125

  Taylor, Kathryn L ^a   Churchward, Gordon ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRASE; RECOMBINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031047128     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.4.1117-1125.1997     Document Type: Article

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