DDE transposases: Structural similarity and diversity

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1187-1195

  Nesmelova, Irina V ^a   Hackett, Perry B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

DD E D transposase; DNA transposon; Structure; Transposase

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC DOMAINS; CLOSE PROXIMITY; COMMON FEATURES; CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE; DNA MOLECULES; DNA-BINDING DOMAIN; GENETIC INFORMATION; HUMAN CHROMOSOMES; MAMMALIAN CELLS; RNASE H; STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; STRUCTURAL SIMILARITY; STRUCTURAL VARIABILITY; STRUCTURE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE; TRANSPOSASE;

GENES; MAMMALS;

DNA;

RIBONUCLEASE H; TRANSPOSASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA TRANSPOSITION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN FOLDING; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSPOSON;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; DNA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; TRANSPOSASES;

EID: 78649326287     PISSN: 0169409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2010.06.006     Document Type: Review

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