SITE-SPECIFIC RECOMBINATION IN GRAM-POSITIVE THETA-REPLICATING PLASMIDS

Authors
ALONSO JC AYORA S CANOSA I WEISE F ROJO F
Citation
Jc. Alonso et al., SITE-SPECIFIC RECOMBINATION IN GRAM-POSITIVE THETA-REPLICATING PLASMIDS, FEMS microbiology letters, 142(1), 1996, pp. 1-10
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
FEMS microbiology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
03781097
Volume
142
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1 - 10
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-1097(1996)142:1<1:SRIGTP>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
This review summarises current information on the site-specific recomb inases encoded by the plasmids of the Gram-positive bacteria that have low guanine and cytosine content in their DNA. It focuses on the pecu liar biological features of the recombination systems encoded by the t heta-replicating plasmids and compares them with the site-specific rec ombinases encoded by transposons or plasmids originally isolated from Gram-negative bacteria.