Molecular architecture of a eukaryotic DNA transposase

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 715-721

  Hickman, Alison B ^a   Perez, Zhanita N ^a   Zhou, Liqin ^b   Musingarimi, Primrose ^a,c   Ghirlando, Rodolfo ^a   Hinshaw, Jenny E ^a   Craig, Nancy L ^b   Dyda, Fred ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA TRANSPOSASE; INTEGRASE; TRANSPOSASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RAG 1 PROTEIN; RAG-1 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EUKARYOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RETROVIRUS; TRANSPOSON; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIMERIZATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENETICS; HOUSE FLY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANTIRRHINUM MAJUS; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DIMERIZATION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HOUSEFLIES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, MOLECULAR; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; TRANSPOSASES;

EID: 26944453651     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb970     Document Type: Article

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