FtsK functions in the processing of a Holliday junction intermediate during bacterial chromosome segregation.
In bacteria with circular chromosomes, homologous recombination can generate chromosome dimers that cannot be segregated to daughter cells at cell division. Xer site-specific recombination at dif, a 28-bp site located in the replication terminus region of the chromosome, converts dimers to monomers...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2000
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