Neisseria gonorrhoeae FA1090 carries genes encoding two classes of Vsr endonucleases

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 3951-3960

  Kwiatek, Agnieszka ^a   Łuczkiewicz, Maciej ^a   Bandyra, Katarzyna ^a   Stein, Daniel C ^b   Piekarowicz, Andrzej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ENDONUCLEASE; ENDONUCLEASE VSR; GLYCINE; NUCLEOTIDE; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; VSR ENDONUCLEASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROLYSIS; MUTAGENESIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; CLASSIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PHYLOGENY; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77955286014     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00098-10     Document Type: Article

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