Simple topology: FtsK-directed recombination at the dif site

Biochemical Society Transactions

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 595-600

  Grainge, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dif; Escherichia coli; FtsK; Recombination; Topology; XerCD

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FTSK PROTEIN; PLASMID DNA; RECOMBINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XERCD PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY;

DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84875389051     PISSN: 03005127     EISSN: 14708752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BST20120299     Document Type: Article

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