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Characterization of the TnsD-attTn7 complex that promotes site-specific insertion of Tn7

Rupak Mitra1, Gregory J McKenzie1,2, Liang Yi1,3, Cherline A Lee1,4 and Nancy L Craig1*

  • * Corresponding author: Nancy L Craig ncraig@jhmi.edu

  • † Equal contributors

Author Affiliations

1 Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore MD 21205, USA

2 Current Address: Verenium Corporation. 4955 Directors Place, San Diego, CA 92121, USA

3 Current Address: Laboratory of Host Defense, NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA

4 Current Address: Mayo Clinic, 417 Guggenheim Bldg, 200 First St. SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA

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Mobile DNA 2010, 1:18 doi:10.1186/1759-8753-1-18

Published: 23 July 2010

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TnsD protein binds to attTn7-like sequences within the glmS analog of Drosophila gfat-1, and the gfat-2 and glmS analog of zebrafish gfpt-1.

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