Xer1-mediated site-specific DNA inversions and excisions in Mycoplasma agalactiae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 4462-4473

  Czurda, Stefan ^a   Jechlinger, Wolfgang ^a   Rosengarten, Renate ^a   Chopra Dewasthaly, Rohini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; GENE PRODUCT; LIPOPROTEIN; PROTEIN VPMA; PROTEIN XER1; RECOMBINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; LACZ GENE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MYCOPLASMA AGALACTIAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPORTER GENE; VPMA GENE; XER1 GENE; ANIMAL; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

CAPRA HIRCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MYCOPLASMA AGALACTIAE; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LIPOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MYCOPLASMA AGALACTIAE; RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 77956504384     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01537-09     Document Type: Article

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