Characterization of Exc, a novel protein required for the excision of Bacteroides conjugative transposon

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1239-1246

  Sutanto, Yuri ^a   Shoemaker, Nadja B ^a   Gardner, Jeffrey F ^a   Salyers, Abigail A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE 3; EXC PROTEIN; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; CIRCULAR DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTEROIDES; CONJUGATIVE TRANSPOSON; DNA SUPERCOILING; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSPOSON; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PLASMID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; INSERTION SEQUENCES; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; TRANSPOSONS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTEROIDES; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA TOPOISOMERASES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, CIRCULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; TYROSINE;

EID: 0036885879     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.03210.x     Document Type: Article

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