Evidence of localized prophage-host recombination in the lytA gene, encoding the major pneumococcal autolysin

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2624-2632

  Morales, María ^a,d   García, Pedro ^a,d   De La Campa, Adela G ^b,d   Liñares, Josefina ^c,d   Ardanuy, Carmen ^c,d   García, Ernesto ^a,d  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; AUTOLYSIN; LYT A PROTEIN; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HOST CELL; LYT A GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RESTRICTION MAPPING; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ALLELES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; LYSOGENY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROPHAGES; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 77952074361     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01501-09     Document Type: Article

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