Transposase makes critical contacts with, and is stimulated by, single-stranded DNA at the P element termini in vitro

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2122-2136

  Beall, Eileen L ^a   Rio, Donald C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disintegration; Drosophila; Strand transfer; Transposition; Transposon

Indexed keywords

DIMER; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; TRANSPOSASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA STRAND; DNA STRUCTURE; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL LINE; CHLORIDES; DNA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; DROSOPHILA; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGODEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SPODOPTERA; TRANSPOSASES;

EID: 0032055477     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.7.2122     Document Type: Article

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