Mobilisation of the streptococcal plasmid pMV158: Interactions of MobM protein with its cognate oriT DNA region

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 261, Issue 4-5, 1999, Pages 707-715

  Grohmann, E ^a,b   Guzmam L M ^a,c   Espinosa, M ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Laboratorio de Microbiología   (Chile)

Author keywords

DNA protein interactions; Mobilisation protein; Origin of transfer; Plasmid pMV158; Site and strand specific cleavage

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; RELAXASE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GENE MAPPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; REPLICATION ORIGIN; STREPTOCOCCUS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032994461     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050014     Document Type: Article

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