The dif/Xer recombination systems in proteobacteria

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Carnoy, Christophe ^a,b   Roten, Claude Alain ^c,d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PALINDROMIC DNA; RECOMBINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XER RECOMBINASE; XERC RECOMBINASE; XERD RECOMBINASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; INTEGRASE; XERC PROTEIN, E COLI; XERD PROTEIN, E COLI;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; CAMPYLOBACTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDOSYMBIONT; GENE LOCATION; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HELICOBACTER; LEGIONELLALES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING SITE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEOBACTERIA; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; BINDING SITE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CAMPYLOBACTER; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; HELICOBACTER; LACTOCOCCUS; LEGIONELLALES; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CAMPYLOBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HELICOBACTER; INTEGRASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEOBACTERIA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70249104254     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006531     Document Type: Article

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