Rapid site-specific DNA inversion in Escherichia coli mutants lacking the histonelike protein H-NS.

doi:10.1128/jb.173.13.4116-4123.1991

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Rapid site-specific DNA inversion in Escherichia coli mutants lacking the histonelike protein H-NS.

Journal of bacteriology - 1 Jul 1991

Kawula T H, Orndorff P E

Abstract excerpt

Escherichia coli pilG mutants are thought to have a dramatically higher DNA inversion rate as measured by the site-specific DNA inversion of the type 1 pili pilA promoter. DNA sequence of the pilG gene confirmed its identity to the gene encoding the bacterial histonelike protein H-NS. Unlike othe...

Topics

Alleles
Bacterial Proteins
Chromosome Inversion
Cold Temperature
DNA Transposable Elements
DNA, Bacterial
DNA, Superhelical
DNA-Binding Proteins
Escherichia coli
Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
Promoter Regions, Genetic
Recombination, Genetic

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