Mechanism of integration and excision in conjugative transposons

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2017-2022

  Mullany, P ^a   Roberts, A P ^a   Wang, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CTnDOT; Serine recombinase; Tn5397; Tn916; Tyrosine recombinase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; INTEGRASE; PROTEIN INT; PROTEIN TNDX; RECOMBINASE; SERINE RECOMBINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIOPHAGE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXCISION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PINT GENE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; TN916 GENE; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIOPHAGES; BINDING SITES; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, CIRCULAR; INTEGRASES; OPEN READING FRAMES; RECOMBINASES; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSERTION SEQUENCES; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0036967195     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180200001     Document Type: Review

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