In vivo restriction endonuclease activity of the Anabaena PCC 7120 XisA protein in Escherichia coli

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 158, Issue 8-9, 2007, Pages 679-684

  Shah, Gopit R ^a   Karunakaran, Ramakrishnan ^a   Naresh Kumar, G ^a  

^a M S UNIVERSITY OF BARODA   (India)

Author keywords

Anabaena; Integrase; nifD element; Tyrosine recombinase; XisA protein

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; RECOMBINASE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XISA PROTEIN;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INVERTED REPEAT; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANABAENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTEGRASES; PLASMIDS;

ANABAENA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NOSTOC SP. PCC 7120;

EID: 36749059000     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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