Specific binding of integrase to the origin of transfer (oriT) of the conjugative transposon Tn916

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 2947-2951

  Hinerfeld, D ^a   Churchward, G ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA FLANKING REGION; EXCISION REPAIR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TRANSPOSON;

BASE SEQUENCE; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; INTEGRASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0035048793     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.9.2947-2951.2001     Document Type: Article

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