Characterization of a novel integrative element, ICESt1, in the lactic acid bacterium Streptococcus thermophilus

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1749-1753

  Burrus, Vincent ^a   Roussel, Yvonne ^a,b   Decaris, Bernard ^a   Guédon, Gérard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSE BISPHOSPHATE ALDOLASE; INTEGRASE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; INTEGRASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; STREPTOCOCCUS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0034071032     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.4.1749-1753.2000     Document Type: Article

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