Sequence-specific recognition but position-dependent cleavage of two distinct telomeres by the Borrelia burgdorferi telomere resolvase, ResT

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 901-911

  Tourand, Yvonne ^a,b   Kobryn, Kerri ^a,b   Chaconas, George ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PROTEIN REST; RECOMBINASE; RESOLVASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TELOMERE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TELOMERE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI;

EID: 0037678809     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03485.x     Document Type: Article

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