Mutational analysis of domain IIβ of bacteriophage Mu transposase: Domains IIα and IIβ belong to different catalytic complementation groups

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 275, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 221-232

  Namgoong, Soon Young ^a   Kim, Keetae ^a,c   Saxena, Pratibha ^a   Yang, Jin Ying ^a,d   Jayaram, Makkuni ^a   Giedroc, David P ^b   Harshey, Rasika M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalytic complementation; Metal binding motif; Mu DNA transposition: Mu transposase mutants; Transposase assembly

Indexed keywords

TRANSPOSASE; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE MU; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DNA TRANSPOSITION; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE MU; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0032536109     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1466     Document Type: Article

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