Excision dynamics of Vibrio pathogenicity island-2 from Vibrio cholerae: Role of a recombination directionality factor VefA

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Almagro Moreno, Salvador ^a,b   Napolitano, Michael G ^a   Boyd, E Fidelma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN VEFA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INTEGRASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; KNOCKOUT GENE; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GENOMIC ISLAND; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENOMIC ISLANDS; INTEGRASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 78649490424     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-10-306     Document Type: Article

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