FtsK activities in Xer recombination, DNA mobilization and cell division involve overlapping and separate domains of the protein

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 876-886

  Bigot, Sarah ^a   Corre, Jacqueline ^a   Louarn, Jean Michel ^a   Cornet, François ^a   Barre, François Xavier ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CRE RECOMBINASE; DIMER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN FTSK; RECOMBINASE; RECOMBINASE XER; SOS PROTEIN; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DIMERIZATION; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 8544255518     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04335.x     Document Type: Article

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