Assembly of a strong promoter following IS911 circularization and the role of circles in transposition

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3357-3371

  Ton Hoang, Bao ^a   Bétermier, Mireille ^a,b   Polard, Patrice ^a,c   Chandler, Michael ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Lab de Genet Moléculaire   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Circularization; IS911; Promoter assembly; Transposase expression; Transposition cycle

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CIRCULAR DNA; TRANSPOSASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA TRANSPOSITION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSPOSON;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, CIRCULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSPOSASES;

EID: 18244413221     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.11.3357     Document Type: Article

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