High genetic variability of the Streptococcus thermophilus cse central part, a repeat rich region required for full cell segregation activity

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 245-255

  Borges, Frédéric ^b   Layec, Séverine ^a   Fernandez, Annabelle ^a   Decaris, Bernard ^a   Leblond Bourget, Nathalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell separation; Horizontal transfer; Mosaic; Mutation; Repeat

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN CSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; GENETIC VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; POLYMORPHISM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL SEPARATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; INTERSPERSED REPEAT; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; TANDEM REPEAT;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 33748192994     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-006-9079-5     Document Type: Article

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