VGJφ integration and excision mechanisms contribute to the genetic diversity of Vibrio cholerae epidemic strains

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2516-2521

  Das, Bhabatosh ^a,b   Bischerour, Julien ^a,b   François Xavier, Barre ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Dif; Filamentous phage; Site specific recombination; Xer recombination

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; RECOMBINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XERC PROTEIN; XERD PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE CTX PHI; BINDING SITE; CHROMOSOME; EXCISION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INTEGRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; PROTEIN BINDING; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIOPHAGE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIOPHAGE; CHOLERA; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS DNA CELL DNA INTERACTION; VIRUS GENOME;

FILAMENTOUS BACTERIOPHAGE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGES; CHOLERA; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, VIRAL; HUMANS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRUS INTEGRATION;

EID: 79952296023     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1017061108     Document Type: Article

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