title: Mechanistic aspects of DNA transposition.
abstract: The past year has seen a number of important advances in our understanding of the mechanisms of DNA transposition. The molecular details of the protein-protein, protein-DNA and chemical-reaction steps in several transposition systems have been revealed and have highlighted remarkable uniformity in some areas, ranging from bacterial to retroviral mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Haniford
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chaconas
mesh_terms: D010583:Bacteriophage mu / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D004261:DNA Replication; D004251:DNA Transposable Elements / Q000235:genetics*; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009698:Nucleoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009713:Nucleotidyltransferases / Q000378:metabolism; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D019895:Transposases; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004279:DNA, Viral; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009698:Nucleoproteins; D014764:Viral Proteins; D004247:DNA; D009713:Nucleotidyltransferases; D019895:Transposases