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Characterization of Exc, a novel protein required for the excision of Bacteroides conjugative transposon.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Dec 2002
Sutanto Yuri, Shoemaker Nadja B, Gardner Jeffrey F, Salyers Abigail A
Abstract excerpt
Conjugative transposons are integrated elements that excise from the chromosome, then transfer by conjugation to a recipient in which they integrate once again. Recently, a gene, designated exc, was shown to be essential for excision of the Bacteroides conjugative transposon (CTnDOT) from the chromosome. The deduced amino acid sequence of Exc had low amino acid sequence similarity to DNA topoisomerase III, an...
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