Integrase and integration: biochemical activities of HIV-1 integrase

O Delelis, K Carayon, A Saïb, E Deprez, JF Mouscadet - Retrovirology, 2008 - Springer
Integration of retroviral DNA is an obligatory step of retrovirus replication because proviral
DNA is the template for productive infection. Integrase, a retroviral enzyme, catalyses …

Slee** beauty transposition: biology and applications for molecular therapy

Z Izsvák, Z Ivics - Molecular Therapy, 2004 - cell.com
Transposable elements can be considered as natural, nonviral gene-delivery vehicles and
are valuable and widely used tools for germ-line transgenesis and insertional mutagenesis …

Common physical properties of DNA affecting target site selection of slee** beauty and other Tc1/mariner transposable elements

TJ Vigdal, CD Kaufman, Z Izsvák, DF Voytas… - Journal of molecular …, 2002 - Elsevier
Slee** Beauty (SB) is the most active Tc1/mariner-type transposable element in
vertebrates, and is therefore a valuable vector for transposon mutagenesis in vertebrate …

Development of hyperactive slee** beauty transposon vectors by mutational analysis

H Zayed, Z Izsvák, O Walisko, Z Ivics - Molecular Therapy, 2004 - cell.com
Abstract The Slee** Beauty (SB) transposable element is a promising vector for
transgenesis in vertebrates and is being developed as a novel, nonviral system for gene …

[HTML][HTML] Sequence specificity of viral end DNA binding by HIV-1 integrase reveals critical regions for protein–DNA interaction

D Esposito, R Craigie - The EMBO journal, 1998 - embopress.org
HIV-1 integrase specifically recognizes and cleaves viral end DNA during the initial step of
retroviral integration. The protein and DNA determinants of the specificity of viral end DNA …

Gene therapy for severe combined immunodeficiency: are we there yet?

M Cavazzana-Calvo, A Fischer - The Journal of clinical …, 2007 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Inherited and acquired diseases of the hematopoietic system can be cured by allogeneic
hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. This treatment strategy is highly successful when an …

Integrating DNA: transposases and retroviral integrases

L Haren, B Ton-Hoang… - Annual Reviews in …, 1999 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Transposable elements appear quite disparate in their organization and in the
types of genetic rearrangements they promote. In spite of this diversity, retroviruses and …

Tn5/IS50 target recognition

IY Goryshin, JA Miller, YV Kil… - Proceedings of the …, 1998 - National Acad Sciences
This communication reports an analysis of Tn 5/IS 50 target site selection by using an
extensive collection of Tn 5 and IS 50 insertions in two relatively small regions of DNA (less …

Engineered Slee** Beauty transposase redirects transposon integration away from genes

C Miskey, L Kesselring, I Querques… - Nucleic acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Slee** Beauty (SB) transposon system is a popular tool for genome
engineering, but random integration into the genome carries a certain genotoxic risk in …

[HTML][HTML] Tn10 transposition via a DNA hairpin intermediate

AK Kennedy, A Guhathakurta, N Kleckner, DB Haniford - Cell, 1998 - cell.com
We present evidence that excision of the nonreplicative transposon Tn10 involves three
distinct chemical steps, first-strand nicking, hairpin formation, and hairpin resolution. This …