Evidence for the Active Role of a Novel Nuclease from Helicobacter pylori in the Horizontal Transfer of Genetic Information

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2586-2593

  O'Rourke, Eyleen J ^a,b,c   Pinto, A Viviana ^a,c   Petroni, E Alejandro ^a,f,g   Tolmasky, Marcelo E ^d   Ielpi, Luis ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE   (France)

^d CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e FUNDACIÓN INSTITUTO LELOIR   (Argentina)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

^g Lab de Retrovirus y Virus Asociados   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEASE; PROTEIN NUCT; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHROMOSOME; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA SPLICING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME STABILITY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; THERMOSTABILITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; DNA; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 1942508126     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.9.2586-2593.2004     Document Type: Article

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