Journal of Bacteriology, March 2007, p. 2119-2124, Vol. 189, No. 5
0021-9193/07/$08.00+0 doi:10.1128/JB.01362-06
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Bacteroides fragilis Synthesizes a DNA Invertase Affecting both a Local and a Distant Region
Hazeline Roche-Hakansson,
Maria Chatzidaki-Livanis,
Michael J. Coyne, and
Laurie E. Comstock*
Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Received 28 August 2006/
Accepted 8 December 2006
The activity of a fourth conserved tyrosine site-specific recombinase (Tsr) of Bacteroides fragilis was characterized. Its gene, tsr19, is adjacent to mpi, encoding the global DNA invertase regulating capsular polysaccharide biosynthesis. Unlike the other described Tsrs of B. fragilis, Tsr19 brings about inversion of two DNA regions, one local and one located distantly.
* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Channing Laboratory, 181 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115. Phone: (617) 525-7822. Fax: (617) 264-5193. E-mail: lcomstock{at}channing.harvard.edu.
Published ahead of print on 22 December 2006.
Journal of Bacteriology, March 2007, p. 2119-2124, Vol. 189, No. 5
0021-9193/07/$08.00+0 doi:10.1128/JB.01362-06
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
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