Transposase and cointegrase: Specialized transposition proteins of the bacterial insertion sequence IS21 and related elements

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 403-419

  Berger, B ^a   Haas, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cointegrase; Insertion sequence; IS21 family; IS30; IS911; Retrovirus; Transposase; Transposition

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; COINTEGRASE; TRANSPOSASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TANDEM REPEAT; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0035085110     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00000866     Document Type: Review

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