mwr Xer site-specific recombination is hypersensitive to DNA supercoiling.

The multiresistance plasmid pJHCMW1, first identified in a Klebsiella pneumoniae strain isolated from a neonate with meningitis, includes a Xer recombination site, mwr, with unique characteristics. Efficiency of resolution of mwr-containing plasmid dimers is strongly dependent on the osmotic pressur...

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Hauptverfasser: Trigueros, S, Tran, T, Sorto, N, Newmark, J, Colloms, S, Sherratt, D, Tolmasky, M
Format: Journal article
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2009