ZouA, a putative relaxase, is essential for DNA amplification in Streptomyces kanamyceticus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1815-1822

  Murakami, Takeshi ^a,c   Sumida, Naomi ^a   Bibb, Mervyn ^b   Yanai, Koji ^a  

^a MEIJI SEIKA KAISHA LTD   (Japan)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL ENZYME; KANAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZOUA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONJUGATION; DNA TRANSFER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES KANAMYCETICUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; KANAMYCIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STREPTOMYCES;

STREPTOMYCES KANAMYCETICUS;

EID: 79955439156     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01325-10     Document Type: Article

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