Separate structural and functional domains of Tn4430 transposase contribute to target immunity

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 805-820

  Lambin, Michaël ^a,b   Nicolas, Emilien ^a,c   Oger, Cédric A ^a   Nguyen, Nathan ^a   Prozzi, Deborah ^a   Hallet, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE BIOLOGICALS   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN TN4430; PROTEIN TNPA; TRANSPOSASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ISOLATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; MUTATION; TRANSPOSASES;

EID: 84856565103     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.07967.x     Document Type: Article

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