fpr, a deficient Xer recombination site from a Salmonella plasmid, fails to confer stability by dimer resolution: comparative studies with the pJHCMW1 mwr site.

Journal article

Salmonella plasmid pFPTB1 includes a Tn3-like transposon and a Xer recombination site, fpr, which mediates site-specific recombination at efficiencies lower than those required for stabilizing a plasmid by dimer resolution. Mutagenesis and comparative studies with mwr, a site closely related to fpr, indicate that there is an interdependence of the sequences in the XerC binding region and the central region in Xer site-specific recombination sites.

Authors: Tran, T; Sherratt, D; Tolmasky, M

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Journal of bacteriology
• Volume: 192
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 883-887
• Publication date: 2010-02-01
• DOI: 10.1128/jb.01082-09
• EISSN: 1098-5530
• ISSN: 0021-9193
• Language: English
• Keywords: Models, Biological; Base Sequence; Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; Molecular Sequence Data; Plasmids; Salmonella