Preferential cleavage of Paramecium DNA mediated by the C. elegans Tc1 transposase in vitro

Genes and Genetic Systems

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 391-398

  Nakayama, Sanae ^a   Endoh, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA rearrangement; IES; In vitro; Paramecium; Tc1 transposase

Indexed keywords

TC1 TRANSPOSASE; TRANSPOSASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM AURELIA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TETRAHYMENA; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA METHYLATION; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; PARAMECIUM; TRANSPOSASES;

AURELIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CILIOPHORA; PARAMECIUM; PARAMECIUM AURELIA; PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 1542318292     PISSN: 13417568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1266/ggs.78.391     Document Type: Article

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