The Xer/dif site-specific recombination system of Campylobacter jejuni

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 288, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 495-502

  Leroux, Maxime ^c   Rezoug, Zoulikha ^b   Szatmari, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Campylobacter jejuni; dif; difH; Site specific recombination; Tyrosine recombinase; Xer; XerH

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA; RECOMBINASE; TYROSINE RECOMBINASE XERH; TYROSINE RECOMBINASE XERS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFH MOTIF; DIFSL MOTIF; DNA BINDING MOTIF; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; XER DIF SITE SPECIFIC RECOMBINATION SYSTEM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CATALYSIS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DIMERIZATION; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; INTEGRASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER; LACTOCOCCUS;

EID: 84885675033     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: 16174623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-013-0765-5     Document Type: Article

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