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Analyzing Mu Transposase's Mechanism Using Tangle Coloring
by
Junalyn Navarra-Madsen
Texas Woman's University, P. O. Box 425886, Denton, TX 76204
Coauthors: Isabel K. Darcy
Colorability as knot or link invariant can be applied to n-string tangles. An n-string tangle, T, with k crossings will generate a system of linear equations with k x (k+n) coefficient matrix. Tangle T is colorable if and only if there is a nontrivial solution to the linear system of equations obtained after coloring T. The n x 2n lower right hand corner submatrix of the standard echelon form of the matrix obtained after coloring T is an invariant of T. Tangle coloring will be utilized in the analysis the mechanism of Mu transposase.
Date received: October 13, 2004
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