Functional characterization of an alkaline exonuclease and single strand annealing protein from the SXT genetic element of Vibrio cholerae

BMC Molecular Biology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Chen, Wen yang ^a   Ho, John W S ^a   Huang, Jian dong ^b   Watt, Rory M ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE EXONUCLEASE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL ENZYME; CALCIUM ION; COBALT; COPPER; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; EXONUCLEASE; FERROUS ION; MAGNESIUM ION; MANGANESE; NICKEL; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC ION; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; EXO PROTEIN, BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; INORGANIC COMPOUND; PHOSPHATE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; CHROMOSOME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE ORDER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLASMID; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE LAMBDA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; GENE ORDER; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHATES; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 79955100014     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2199-12-16     Document Type: Article

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