Tn502 and Tn512 are res site hunters that provide evidence of resolvase-independent transposition to random sites

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1865-1874

  Petrovski, Steve ^a   Stanisich, Vilma A ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEMENT; MERCURY; RESOLVASE;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSITION; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; HOST; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORIENTATION; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PLASMIDS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 77949740595     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01322-09     Document Type: Article

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