Molecular Architecture of the Mos1 Paired-End Complex: The Structural Basis of DNA Transposition in a Eukaryote

Cell

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1096-1108

  Richardson, Julia M ^a   Colloms, Sean D ^b   Finnegan, David J ^a   Walkinshaw, Malcolm D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Xermit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; TRANSPOSASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DNA BINDING; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA TRANSPOSITION; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; EUKARYOTE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TRANSPOSON; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EUKARYOTA;

ANIMALS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TRANSPOSASES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 70149109999     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2009.07.012     Document Type: Article

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