Roles of Exc protein and DNA homology in the CTnDOT excision reaction

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 3368-3376

  Keeton, Carolyn M ^a   Gardner, Jeffrey F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HOST FACTOR; PROTEIN CTNDOT; PROTEIN EXC; PROTEIN INTDOT; PROTEIN XIS2C; PROTEIN XIS2D; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTEROIDES; CHROMOSOME; EXCISION REPAIR; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSON;

ATTACHMENT SITES, MICROBIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTEROIDES; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84863995620     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00359-12     Document Type: Article

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