The resolvase encoded by Xanthomonas campestris transposable element ISXc5 constitutes a new subfamily closely related to DNA invertases

Genes to Cells

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 221-233

  Liu, Chia Chen ^a,c   Hühne, Rolf ^a   Tu, Jenn ^b   Lorbach, Elke ^a   Dröge, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND MICROBIAL BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; RESOLVASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; DNA DETERMINATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSPOSON; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSPOSASES; TRANSPOSON RESOLVASES; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 0031901367     PISSN: 13569597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2443.1998.00182.x     Document Type: Article

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