Inverse correlation between promoter strength and excision activity in class 1 integrons

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Jové, Thomas ^a,b   Da Re, Sandra ^a,b   Denis, François ^a   Mazel, Didier ^c   Ploy, Marie Cécile ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CASSETTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTEGRON; INTEGRON 1; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; METABOLISM;

NEGIBACTERIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; INTEGRASES; INTEGRONS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 76749094135     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000793     Document Type: Article

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