Stability by multimer resolution of pJHCMW1 is due to the Tn1331 resolvase and not to the Escherichia coli Xer system

Microbiology

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 581-589

  Tolmasky, Marcelo E ^a,b   Colloms, Sean ^a   Blakely, Garry ^a   Sherratt, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cer; Multimer resolution; Resolvase; Tn1331; Transposon

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CIRCULAR DNA; RESOLVASE;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0034056410     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-3-581     Document Type: Article

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