The recombinase IntA is required for excision of esp-containing ICEEfm1 in Enterococcus faecium

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1003-1006

  Top, Janetta ^a   Sinnige, Jan C ^a   Majoor, Eline A M ^a   Bonten, Marc J M ^a   Willems, Rob J L ^a   Van Schaik, Willem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENTEROCOCCAL SURFACE PROTEIN; INTEGRASE A; RECOMBINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMIC ISLAND; INVERSE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY ISLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENOMIC ISLANDS; INTEGRASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 79551501516     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00952-10     Document Type: Article

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