Differences in resolution of mwr-containing plasmid dimers mediated by the Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli XerC recombinases: Potential implications in dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2812-2820

  Bui, Duyen ^a,b   Ramiscal, Judianne ^a,b   Trigueros, Sonia ^b   Newmark, Jason S ^a,b   Do, Albert ^a   Sherratt, David J ^b   Tolmasky, Marcelo E ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMER; RECOMBINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XERC RECOMBINASE;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; COCULTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HOST RANGE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MWR GENE; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; OSMOREGULATION; PLASMID; PLASMID JHCMW1; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; DIMERIZATION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; INTEGRASES; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION, MISSENSE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; R FACTORS; RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 33645994467     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.8.2812-2820.2006     Document Type: Article

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