A transposase-independent mechanism gives rise to precise excision of IS256 from insertion sites in Staphylococcus epidermidis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1488-1490

  Hennig, Susanne ^a   Ziebuhr, Wilma ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSPOSASE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BINDING SITES; BIOFILMS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TRANSPOSASES;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 38949155236     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01290-07     Document Type: Article

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