Supercoiling-dependent site-specific binding of HU to naked Mu DNA

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 289, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 777-784

  Kobryn, Kerri ^a   Lavoie, Brigitte D ^a   Chaconas, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Affinity cleavage; DNA supercoiling; DNA transposition; HU; Phage Mu

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE DNA; NUCLEASE; SPACER DNA; TRANSPOSASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE MU; BINDING SITE; DNA BINDING; DNA SUPERCOILING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING;

ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE MU; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0033057518     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2805     Document Type: Article

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