DNA binding properties of TnpX indicate that different synapses are formed in the excision and integration of the Tn4451 family

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1195-1207

  Adams, Vicki ^a   Lucet, Isabelle S ^a   Lyras, Dena ^a   Rood, Julian I ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIRCULAR DNA; CYSTEINE; INTEGRASE; PROTEIN TNPX; RECOMBINASE; RESOLVASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CATALYSIS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA TRANSPOSITION; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SYNAPSE; TRANSPOSON;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHLORAMPHENICOL RESISTANCE; CLOSTRIDIUM; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRANSPOSON RESOLVASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; INSERTION SEQUENCES; POSIBACTERIA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 4344673752     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04198.x     Document Type: Article

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