The relaxase of the Rhizobium etli symbiotic plasmid shows nic site cis-acting preference

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 7488-7499

  Pérez Mendoza, Daniel ^a,b   Lucas, María ^b   Muñoz, Socorro ^a   Herrera Cervera, José A ^a,c   Olivares, José ^d   De La Cruz, Fernando ^b   Sanjuán, Juan ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d Universidad de Granada ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN TRAA; RELAXASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; NIC GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORIT GENE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; SYMBIOSIS;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA HELICASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RHIZOBIUM ETLI; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

RHIZOBIACEAE; RHIZOBIUM ETLI;

EID: 33750458041     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00701-06     Document Type: Article

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