Importance of the conserved CA dinucleotide at Mu termini

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 314, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 433-444

  Lee, Insuk ^a   Harshey, Rasika M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; MuA transposase; Phage Mu DNA transposition; Retrotransposons; Terminal CA dinucleotide

Indexed keywords

DINUCLEOTIDE; DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE MU; CONFORMATION; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; DNA STRAND; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON; RETROVIRUS; TRANSPOSON;

ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE MU;

EID: 0035976791     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.5177     Document Type: Article

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