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Chi-star, a chi-related 11-mer sequence partially active in an E. coli recC1004 strain.
Genes to cells : devoted to molecular & cellular mechanisms - 1 Aug 1997
Handa N, Ohashi S, Kusano K, Kobayashi I
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: chi sequence (5'GCTGGTGG) of Escherichia coli was first identified as a site that increased the plaque size of bacteriophage lambda. Subsequent studies showed that this site is responsible for both the attenuation ofRecBCD exonuclease activity and the promotion of RecA, RecBCD-mediated recombination. It is known that bacteriophage lambda containing the chi site makes very small plaques on a recC*...
Topics
- Bacteriophage lambda
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA Replication
- Escherichia coli
- Escherichia coli Proteins
- Exodeoxyribonuclease V
- Exodeoxyribonucleases
- Mutation
- Plasmids
- Recombination, Genetic