FtsK-dependent dimer resolution on multiple chromosomes in the pathogen Vibrio cholerae

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Val, Marie Eve ^a,b,c   Kennedy, Sean P ^a,b,c   El Karoui, Meriem ^d   Bonné, Laetitia ^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)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RECOMBINASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 2; COMPETITION; CROSSING OVER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; REPLICON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; CHOLERA; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHOLERA; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 52949114581     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000201     Document Type: Article

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