Species specificity in the activation of Xer recombination at dif by FtsK

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 241-249

  Yates, James ^a   Aroyo, Mira ^a   Sherratt, David J ^a   Barre, François Xavier ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UPS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIMER; MONOMER; PROTEIN FTSK; RECOMBINASE; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XERC RECOMBINASE; XERD RECOMBINASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME DIF; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, REPORTER; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; INTEGRASES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0038385095     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03574.x     Document Type: Article

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