Interaction of distinct domains in Mu transposase with Mu DNA ends and an internal transpositional enhancer.

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Published in Nature on April 20, 1989

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P C Leung1, D B Teplow, R M Harshey

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1: Department of Molecular Biology, Research Institute of Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California 92037.

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