Delayed activation of Xer recombination at dif by FtsK during septum assembly in Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1018-1028

  Kennedy, Sean P ^a,b,c   Chevalier, Fabien ^a,b,c   Barre, François Xavier ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DIMER; FTSK PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; RECOMBINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XER RECOMBINASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIF GENE; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; XER GENE;

CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; INTEGRASES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 42549161198     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06212.x     Document Type: Article

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