The orf4 gene of the enterobacterial ICE, R391, encodes a novel UV-inducible recombination directionality factor, Jef, involved in excision and transfer of the ICE

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 272, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-105

  O'Halloran, John A ^a   McGrath, Barry M ^a   Pembroke, J Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Recombination directionality factor Jef; SXT R391 ICE elements; UV induced conjugative transfer

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN JEF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME 4 GENE; OPEN READING FRAME 90 GENE; OPEN READING FRAME 91 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; INTERSPERSED REPETITIVE SEQUENCES; ISOELECTRIC POINT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE;

EID: 34250679010     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00747.x     Document Type: Article

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