The <it>Mycoplasma pneumoniae </it>MPN229 gene encodes a protein that selectively binds single-stranded DNA and stimulates Recombinase A-mediated DNA strand exchange

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p><it>Mycoplasma pneumoniae </it>has previously been characterized as a micro-organism that is genetically highly stable. In spite of this genetic stability, homologous DNA recombination has been hypothesized to lie at the...

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Main Authors: Hartwig Nico G, Hoogenboezem Theo, Sluijter Marcel, Vink Cornelis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-10-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/8/167