Characterization of the Streptococcus suis XerS recombinase and its unconventional cleavage of the difSL site

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 324, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 135-141

  Leroux, Maxime ^a   Jia, Fuli ^a   Szatmari, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dif; Site specific recombination; Streptococcus suis; Tyrosine recombinase; XerS

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XERS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BINDING AFFINITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENE INACTIVATION; MICROMORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; XERS GENE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

LACTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

EID: 80054095470     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02398.x     Document Type: Article

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