DNA transposon Hermes inserts into DNA in nucleosome-free regions in vivo

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 51, 2010, Pages 21966-21972

  Gangadharan, Sunil ^a   Mularoni, Loris ^a   Fain Thornton, Jennifer ^a,b   Wheelan, Sarah J ^a   Craig, Nancy L ^a  

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

^b STEVENSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

HAT element; Integration; Next gen sequencing; Target site preference

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; TRANSPOSASE; FUNGAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSITION; FUNGAL GENOME; GENE INSERTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSPOSON; TRANSPOSON HERMES; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; NUCLEOSOMES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 78650675586     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1016382107     Document Type: Article

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