Topoisomerase I of Helicobacter pylori: Juxtaposition with a flagellin gene (flaB) and functional requirement of a fourth zinc finger motif

Gene

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 151-161

  Suerbaum, Sebastian ^a   Brauer Steppkes, Tanja ^a   Labigne, Agnès ^b   Cameron, Béatrice ^c   Drlica, Karl ^d  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c SANOFI   (France)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA supercoiling; flaB; Flagellin; topA; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; FLAGELLIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SUPERCOILING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LETHAL MUTANT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE I; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLIN; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE; ZINC FINGERS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0032571448     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(98)00065-1     Document Type: Article

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