Site xerC
- Name: xerC
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b3811 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: cer-specific recombination
- Left End Point: 86.09
- Right End Point: 86.11
- Products:
recombinase,site-specific - Direction: >
- Priority: 0
- 1 Alleles of This Gene
xerC757(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG11069 EcoliWiki xerC - Comment:
- References:
- Colloms, S.D., P. Sykora, G. Szatmari, D.J. Sherratt 1990. Recombination at ColE2 cer requires the Escherichia coli xerC gene product, a member of the lambda integrase family of site-specific recombinases. J.Bacteriol. 172:6973-6980
- Blakely, G., S.D. Colloms, G. May, M.E. Burke, D.J. Sherratt 1991. Escherichia coli XerC recombinase is required for chromosomal segregation at cell division. New Biol. 3:789-798
- Blakely, G., G. May, R. McCulloch, L.K. Arciszewska, M.E. Burke, S.T. Lovett, D.J. Sherratt 1993. Two related recombinases are required for site-specific recombination at dif and cer in E. coli K12. Cell 75:351-361
- McCulloch, R., L.W. Coggins, S.D. Colloms, D.J. Sherratt 1994. Xer-mediated site-specific recombination at cer generates Holliday junctions in vivo. EMBO J. 13:1844-1855
- Blakely, G., D. Sherratt 1996. Determinants of selectivity in Xer site-specific recombination. Genes Dev. 10:762-773