FtsK functions in the processing of a Holliday junction intermediate during bacterial chromosome segregation

Genes and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 23, 2000, Pages 2976-2988

  Barre, François Xavier ^a   Aroyo, Mira ^a   Colloms, Sean D ^a,c   Helfrich, Annett ^a   Cornet, François ^b   Sherratt, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromosome segregation; FtsK; Holliday junction; Xer recombination

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN FTSK; PROTEIN XERC; PROTEIN XERD; RECOMBINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CYTOPLASM; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; INTEGRASES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0033636814     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.188700     Document Type: Article

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