Tn 10 transpososome assembly involves a folded intermediate that must be unfolded for target capture and strand transfer

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 776-785

  Sakai, J S ^a   Kleckner, N ^a   Yang, X ^a   Guhathakurta, A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

IHF; Tn10; Transposition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA TRANSFER; DNA TRANSPOSITION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSPOSON; BINDING SITE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; INTEGRATION HOST FACTOR;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTEGRATION HOST FACTORS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 0034651857     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.4.776     Document Type: Article

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