Organization and dynamics of the Mu transpososome: Recombination by communication between two active sites

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 2725-2737

  Williams, Tanya L ^a   Jackson, Erica L ^a,b   Carritte, Amanda ^a,b   Baker, Tania A ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Active site; DDE motif; Mu transposition; Phosphoryl transfer; Protein DNA assembly; Transposase

Indexed keywords

DNA; INTEGRASE; TETRAMER; TRANSPOSASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; DNA TRANSPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIOPHAGE MU; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, VIRAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRANSPOSASES;

EID: 0033569428     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.20.2725     Document Type: Article

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