Phage Mu transposition immunity reflects supercoil domain structure of the chromosome

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 595-606

  Manna, Dipankar ^a   Higgins, N Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSPOSASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE MU; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA TRANSPOSITION; GENE INSERTION; IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIOPHAGE MU; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; OPERON; PENTOSYLTRANSFERASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE MU; PROKARYOTA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0032928724     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01377.x     Document Type: Article

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