Identification of the site-specific DNA invertase responsible for the phase variation of SusC/SusD family outer membrane proteins in Bacteroides fragilis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 6003-6011

  Nakayama Imaohji, Haruyuki ^a   Hirakawa, Hideki ^b   Ichimura, Minoru ^a   Wakimoto, Shin ^a   Kuhara, Satoru ^c   Hayashi, Tetsuya ^d   Kuwahara, Tomomi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b KAZUSA DNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SITE SPECIFIC DNA INVERTASE; SITE SPECIFIC RECOMBINASE; SUSC PROTEIN; SUSD PROTEIN; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INVERTED REPEAT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF;

BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 70349132308     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00687-09     Document Type: Article

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