Holliday junction formation by the Borrelia burgdorferi telomere resolvase, ResT: Implications for the origin of genome linearity

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1117-1130

  Kobryn, Kerri ^a   Briffotaux, Julien ^a   Karpov, Victor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSSOVER JUNCTION ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE IB; RECOMBINASE; RESOLVASE; TELOMERE RESOLVASE REST; TYROSINE RECOMBINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CATALYSIS; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; TELOMERE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, CRUCIFORM; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; GENOME, BACTERIAL; RECOMBINASES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TELOMERE;

BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI;

EID: 60649109912     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06584.x     Document Type: Article

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