Visualizing Mu transposition: Assembling the puzzle pieces

Genes and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 773-775

  Rice, Phoebe A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA; PROTEIN MUA; PROTEIN MUB; RAG1 PROTEIN; RIBONUCLEASE H; RNA; TRANSPOSASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIOPHAGE MU; DNA BINDING; DNA RNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA STRAND; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA TRANSPOSITION; ENZYME MECHANISM; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RNA DEGRADATION; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIOPHAGE MU; DNA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TRANSPOSASES;

EID: 17044372022     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1309305     Document Type: Review

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