Analysis of the zinc finger domain of TnpA, a DNA targeting protein encoded by mobilizable transposon Tn4555

Plasmid

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-30

  Bacic, Melissa K ^a   Jain, Jinesh C ^b   Parker, Anita C ^a   Jeffrey Smith, C ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteroides; Site specificity; Transposon; Zinc finger

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; SERINE; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE TARGETING; IN VIVO STUDY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTEROIDES; DNA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ZINC FINGERS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES SP.;

EID: 34249909486     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: 10959890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2006.11.005     Document Type: Article

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