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ArticleMobile genetic elements2014

An assay to monitor the activity of DNA transposition complexes yields a general quality control measure for transpositional recombination reactions.

Elsi Pulkkinen, Saija Haapa-Paananen, Harri Savilahti

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Article in Mobile genetic elements, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Elsi PulkkinenDivision of Genetics and Physiology; Department of Biology; University of Turku ; Turku, Finland.
Saija Haapa-PaananenDivision of Genetics and Physiology; Department of Biology; University of Turku ; Turku, Finland.
Harri SavilahtiDivision of Genetics and Physiology; Department of Biology; University of Turku ; Turku, Finland.

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Abstract

Transposon-based technologies have many applications in molecular biology and can be used for gene delivery into prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Common transpositional activity measurement assays suitable for many types of transposons would be beneficial, as diverse transposon systems could be compared for their performance attributes. Therefore, we developed a general-purpose assay to enable and standardize the activity measurement for DNA transposition complexes (transpososomes), using phage Mu transposition as a test platform. This assay quantifies transpositional recombination efficiency and is based on an

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ccdB genephage Mutransposition activity measurementtransposon technologytranspososome

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PMID26442171
PMCPMC4590003

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