Efficient transposition of IS911 circles in vitro

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1169-1181

  Ton Hoang, B ^a   Polard, P ^a   Chandler, M ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Insertion sequence; IS911 transposition

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; TRANSPOSASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SUPERCOILING; DNA TRANSPOSITION; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOMAL FRAMESHIFTING; TRANSPOSON;

DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, CIRCULAR; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMIDS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSPOSASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032481375     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.4.1169     Document Type: Article

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