Tn10 transposition via a DNA hairpin intermediate

Cell

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 125-134

  Kennedy, Angela K ^a   Guhathakurta, Anjan ^b   Kleckner, Nancy ^b   Haniford, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DNA TRANSPOSITION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032475879     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81788-2     Document Type: Article

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